There was food actually still in the fridge, which neither of them could remember happening since Giles had started growing. Something was very wrong.
They'd planned the intervention together, but Spike snuck in first by himself. Giles' Child Protection Services fiasco had sent Buffy hurtling back into PTSD and Spike wasn't about to let that happen again. Ever. But it wasn't anything like that – or any of the other things he'd feared.
Beside himself with worry, Giles finally told Spike about Anya. And how she was starting to fade.
After a long silence, Spike said: "There's this demon in Africa…."