The things he had lived through (and very nearly died through) just kept on coming and coming. Vampires, werewolves, demons, darkness, not to mention all the high school angst of his young charges; some days it was almost too much, but Rupert Giles always knew that things would turn out right in the end. He was never more certain than when he took out his favourite mug and heard the sound of the kettle boiling - that never failed to make him smile.