Ooooh, I really like where you took this, and how much happens in the banter and by-play between them -- definitely the same tone as my piece, but taken to a new place. I really like the additional scene, and the emotions between them, and everything about Giles.

He looked shocked, as if a reading hadn't occurred to him; that he'd only come to apologise.

Exactly.

Thanks so much for writing for me!