Nice to see a little more of this world. Got to feel sorry for Jack, so totally out of his element. He is never going to be happy with the idea of magic, is he? (Loved the whole alien-hybrids rationalisation).
And the UST between Xander and Spike? That's such fun! It hovers on the edge of manifesting into more, but you keep it teetering on the edge. Which is both fun and frustrating (rather like UST itself *g*).
I really enjoyed this. Thanks.