[As soon as he nods she's moving, throwing her arms around him with the book still clutched firmly in one hand. Tucks her face in against his shoulder and breathes in slowly, breathes him in, and when she breathes out again it's shaky. When she speaks (still holding him, face still tucked close), her voice is tight.]
Thank you. It's beautiful.
[And it's clear that so much care has gone into it, it must have taken forever. Which means she's been wrong about at least one assumption she'd made about his behavior and the mask. And she's not crying, okay, she's just misting up a little. Right into the shoulder of his jumpsuit.]
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Thank you. It's beautiful.
[And it's clear that so much care has gone into it, it must have taken forever. Which means she's been wrong about at least one assumption she'd made about his behavior and the mask. And she's not crying, okay, she's just misting up a little. Right into the shoulder of his jumpsuit.]