"Skipped the lesson on supply and demand, huh?" The best way to deflect such open-ended promises was to fall back on this kind of humour. She didn't know how to take this pronouncement. She didn't even know if she wanted it.

Buffy would dwell on the time passed here for a little while, yet. "I wonder if this place'll get snapped up next month or if it'll stay empty for a little longer."