don't accidentally capitulate while threatening him, Kore.

Episode Recap:

Is he going to get tricked into proving his power to Kore by healing Shane? Nope. He just backs away and tells her no, all the while appreciating the setup of course. Then he starts looking in deeper and discovers that he’s misjudged the whole situation, Kore isn’t softening up at all. She’s softening him up. She’s also got some Greek and he doesn’t, which should prove useful to her later for secret-keeping, right? So she delivers another prophecy, kind of promising that this whole thing is gonna end over Shane, implying that Xander’s gonna die or something, and then promising to be the one to make all this happen. Well Xander figures that’ll involve sticking around, and he’s not asking for much, he just wants her to stay. So win for him, he thinks. He brings up the age thing again, says it doesn’t matter. But it does matter, at least to Kore. He’s like more than twice her age, which she’s got to have known. But he’s also kinda sensitive about this topic. It’s blood in the water, as far as I’m concerned, she’ll use this info as a lever.