We get these little hints about Giles' youth that would have been so much fun to explore a bit more on the show. (the comics chose a weird age to regress him to - 12? He's pretty harmless, just grumpy. Very Harry Potter but not a lot of fun to be had.)

I suppose there may be more fan fiction covering that topic and maybe I'd know if I hung out at Summer of Giles but I don't.

she just grabs the stuff and says "Oh, let me do it." ;-)

I remember that! Loved that series - we got all the DVD's back when that was the only option from Netflix.