Wait, she said she'd miss him if he were dead instead of if he went away or left SF? That actually sounds sorta rude... or just another example of Buffy having no tact whatsoever. I mean, Spike's already dead. He is an undead Englishman. He is an ex-poet. He has ceased to be. He is no longer pining for the fjords... Well, maybe he does pine for the fjords.