I thoroughly enjoyed this, especially the continously whinging Xander (it must be the privations he's suffering in Africa that's making him so petty ;).

I often wondered if anyone survived the attack on Council Headquarters. Lydia is one of those minor characters that holds much promise for fanfic writers. Someone wrote her disertation years ago, did you ever read it? I think it might be archived somewhere, possibly BAPS or All About Spike.