Yvette removes notes from the front door and the fridge, respectively. The first gets thrown away, the second gets carefully folded up and put in her pocket to throw away elsewhere because maybe her sister wouldn't go through her trash but maybe she would.

Ugh. Being paranoid sucks.

And now she has absolutely no idea how to approach this conversation.

"So, um, hi," she attempts, lamely.

"Zeke remains ignorant of inconvenient soul-related facts. You all right? My priority here is your safety; how best can I help with that?"

Oh that makes things much simpler. Thank you, Miles.

"I'm kind of a mess, really, but I'm coping. Thanks. I um. When I was shopping for magical protection supplies the - you recall how I mentioned my sister was basically the chosen one? She's not anymore now that she's a vampire, so there's a new one, and she said hi and we made friends."

"...Well that's convenient."

"Her aunt's a witch and is really good at protection magic, and the both of them have invited me to live with them in their fortress-home."

"Even better! D'you think they'll mind if I come by to introduce myself? Maybe help you carry your stuff there?"

"I don't think they would, no."

"Then I think I'll do that."

She smiles a little, and then it fades.

"I need to make this as convincing as possible," she says absently, turning away to start packing up her stuff. "Which is made more complicated by how I'm not particularly flighty..."

"What exactly are you trying to convince her of?"

"That I left town, but there's nothing to be concerned about and she shouldn't bother to come looking for me just to check up on me."

"Hmmmm," he says. "Met someone who was passing through, they were headed in an interesting direction, you decided it was worth chasing after them immediately? What sort of a person bearing what sort of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity might they be? Magical theory expert on their way to a conference of same, maybe, conference to be held in secret location over extended period of time, liked the look of you enough to invite you to come along?"

"Too interesting, she'd want to know and crash the party."

"Hmm. What else, then?"

".... I could say I met the Slayer and got spooked," she observes.

"Would that not tend to send her after the Slayer?"

"She's already going to be trying to figure out where the latest Slayer is, because she doesn't want to get blindsided with the chosen one. I - uh, think she's already killed one, actually. If I made a point of saying that this Slayer is very talkative and understanding about vampires..." she trails off, then sighs. "But yes, that might tend to send her after the Slayer, and I'm probably just rationalizing it so it sounds good, I'm good at that."

"Hmmmm. Met something else spooky? Is there anything of the right magnitude such that you wouldn't be in any specific personal danger, but you'd still want to clear out for a couple of months just to be on the safe side?"

"Probably, but I wouldn't clear out for a couple of months without a danger I was very sure of, and if I were sure of it I'd give her proof and an explanation so it could stop being a danger. And I. Don't know of any dangers of that magnitude currently floating around."

"Damn. Hmm. ...fell in love, went spontaneously travelling with new partner, no forwarding address but here's what to do if she doesn't hear from you within six months?"

"I. That could maybe work," she says slowly.

He smiles.

"I mean, I'd have to sort of play up the narrative, and attempt to sound lovestruck, and the travelling wouldn't just be a globe-trotting sex-filled honeymoon, it'd probably be involved with some other things because I'm efficient, but. It. Could work."

At 'globe-trotting sex-filled honeymoon', he cracks up.

... Yeah, in retrospect, that sentence was pretty funny. She indulges in a giggle.

"There'd probably be something about me being a huge magic nerd in there, too. Going to older cities to try to piece together the earliest examples of magic used, and while there, uh." She coughs, and waves a hand. "Couples bonding in new and exciting places."