[Conference call!] says Bella brightly. [This is Giles, the not-morally-bankrupt Watcher I told you about.]

[What a recommendation,] he says dryly.

[Could be worse.]

[It's your most distinguishing feature in the category of Watchers, as far as I can tell,] Bella says. [I could have said 'here, meet this fellow who cleans his glasses a lot' or 'behold, a collector of demonology texts', but Watchers was the category under discussion.]

He laughs.

[Good to meet you,] she says cheerfully.

[Hey Giles, do you want to not need sleep anymore, too?]

[...Sure.]

"Thank you," he says, blinking. "That teleportation trick is going to take some getting used to."

"Anything I could do to make that easier?"

"...Announce yourself before arriving?"

"I did, sort of. Is some more elaborate system called for?"

"Not more elaborate," he says, "just less 'sort of'."

She giggles. "Okay." [Jarvis, how secret are you? Specifically from the new Slayer, who wants to help me take over the world?]

[Specifically from her,] he says, [secret for now.]

[You have a ghost on your team? Cool! Hi, Minnie!]

[Apparently, the next Slayer,] says James. [Also known as James.]

[That's a funny name for a girl,] says Minnie.

[Gee,] she says dryly, [I've never heard that before.]

[Not at all.]

[I was joking,] says James. [Things might've changed, but not that much.]