P-Perhaps I'm simply... worried, for you. I mean...

... y-you must be a little lonely, without Giles...

[A pang goes through Robert as he says this. Jealousy, just a little bit, still clinging to that like a film. He needs to find some way to wipe that film off.]

I hope h-he comes back soon. H-He must be a very good friend.

[Robert knows he's not nearly that good...]