Current mood:	annoyed
Current music:	Schubert, "Sym. No. 9" (Furtwängler/BPO)

Questionable Allies.
Well, little has changed regarding the Eve situation since my last update; the only new development is that her whereabouts are currently unknown. And I have to admit some puzzlement toward Gunn, who has been as suspicious of Eve as any of us, suddenly calling for caution in sanctioning her. On one hand, his approach Is logical from the perspective of high-placed partners in a corporate structure. However, I'm not sure that the old rules are as obsolete as he would insist. One has to wonder if his newfound security isn't interfering with his ability to prioritize. And so it goes, with us second-guessing each other's choices and motives with ever-greater intensity.

We were distracted from this complication, sizable enough in itself, to be presented with a new danger. Intelligence was received about a girl who'd broken free from a mental instution, seemingly the victim of demon possession. I didn't bother reminding Angel that I'd been witness to at least one possession case myself, although that one hardly turned out to be routine. But it was just as well, because it turned out to be something quite different.

It seems that the battle last summer that rendered the hellmouth in Sunnydale closed had after-effects we were unaware of. Due, apparently, to Willow's magic, there are now not just one or two but thousands, even tens of thousands, of currently active Slayers populating the earth. It makes one almost dizzy with possibilities. Buffy et al. have, we're told, begun the gargantuan task of rounding them up, involving all their members on peripatic journeys to every corner of the globe. Would that we could assist in this undertaking, but see below for the reasons preventing that.

All this was told to us by a young man named Andrew, a rather foppish, Fauntleroy-like lad even by Watcher standards. Not the representative I would have pictured Giles sending, although it does speak volumes for their regard for us at this stage. I will admit to some surprise that Buffy was so completely unwilling to give Angel the benefit of the doubt, after all they've shared. And I have to admit to being somewhat injured by Andrew's words, although I suppose I shouldn't let it bother me. Honestly, I'm well aware that my showing in Sunnydale was poor, but Giles might have allowed for some chance for improvement. I don't suppose Andrew will happen to mention who, exactly, subdued their target for them.

Still, if it brings some people amusement. It's amazing how people can know you for so long, and never see more of you than they choose. I suppose I'm a fool to hope for change.