Which left a confused Spike with a mask in his hand when the magic finally did wear off. -- So that happened again. Why did that happen again? It doesn't seem to matter how far away he got from the castle, they never left him alone.

It bothered him a hell of a lot more than he let show, but he had some other issues right now.

"Ah, sorry." He held the mask up, and sounded genuinely apologetic for the whole thing after she jumped back. Maybe the costume had more of a purpose than he thought. "That's been going around."