Tess thought she might be able to make Saff give in on account of her foot. Saff was half tempted to do just that. And yet, at her sister’s question, she wasn’t able to quell the morbid curiosity that rose in her. “Yeeessss….?” The reply was drawn out and only dipped up slightly in tone at the very end, mirroring Saffron’s sudden feeling of having just landed herself in something she might not have wanted to deal with in the first place.