I know! The next cover looks like a giant billboard for Kill Dawn Incorporated. I have no idea what to make of that. Although I have a feeling that the story may split into an alternate reality for a while to account for Frayverse while still giving the plot the opportunity for momentum, so who knows? She may be Schrodinger's Dawn, now with 50% deadness!

I agree that what matters most is that Buffy thought those words at all, but I really wish Spike had heard them. Grrrr. Then again, I figure he knows, by now. No speeches necessary. :)