Talk:The Crystal Empire - Part 2/@comment-74.243.112.209-20121112034756/@comment-70.119.136.144-20121112041750

It's part of her personality. To her, academics is everything. That's why her allowing Spike to deliver the Heart was a tough decision for her, when it would have been easy for anyone else.

It was a little exggerated in this episode, yeah, but it was meant to prove a point about her development (though it does retread old groud - friends are important, can't do everything alone, et cetera, et cetera).