Saffron listened with sympathy, giving a nod that was slightly exaggerated in her drunken state. "Oh, sugar, I know how that is," she said. "It was just me in this hut for a good long while."

She turned her head back to Xander and gave him a soft smile as she placed a palm to his cheek - having to make the attempt a couple of times to land it where she was aiming. "I think we both know how that is."