“Look, I get that you guys are solid and this is a bitch to hear, but Will’s been cruisin’ for a brusin’ since The Incident. You know it, I know it. Hell, she knows it. Just saying, the girl needs a reality check but, hey. If you can get it done with an intervention? I mean, feel free.”
And, that’s about all she’s got in her. Doesn’t really wanna hear the heartfelt Scooby Privilege about just how hard it is to be excluded from the group — given her history with them, it’s best to take a fucking breath and let it go.
So, she does. Starts to slowly pull apart the orange roll on her plate, tearing off a little piece of fluff to stuff in her mouth and keep her from going off on the Willow thing. When Buffy asks about Wanda, she shrugs, “No, dude. Trust me. You don’t wanna mess with Maximoff. Girl’s powerful, yeah, but she’s like one french fry short of a Happy Meal. Seriously messed up — like I was. Same rage, man, but backed with power like I never saw before. Vision’s got her upstate, keepin’ her calm in the suburbs. Best let her live her life, keep her out of the city.”
“Gee, that bad?” Buffy sounds surprised, but it’s purely for effect. Of course she knew about Pietro - Wanda’s twin brother and how he died rescuing Clint and some young kid’s life. Everyone did. Buffy felt for her, but maybe Faith was right. Some personalities can’t be controlled and if they’re spiced with magicks (the likes of which the world has never seen) the second and smartest thing one can do is to isolate it. Willow taught her that.
Still, it felt like backward thinking. Punishment and different rules for having power - sure it made a whole load of sense on paper (greater risk n’all), but that whole icky factor behind it has Buffy feeling the urge to make some kind of stand here, “Not forever though, right? I mean, who knows what she’s thinking, what she’s feeling. You know, maybe she does want to help.” A light shrug of her shoulders “Maybe she can.” Buffy raises her mug to her lips, about to take another sip,” Guess we’ll find out soon enough. From what I’ve heard Vision seems wicked keen in getting her on scene again. Guess it’s not really our jurisdiction.”