Ooh, really? So I'm getting to advance onto sweets now! I really must be making progress.
[ She gives him a little grin – a little bashful and a little proud all at once, but then the brightness dims and the sharpness of her smile is tempered by something a little softer, more tender. ]
I wonder if Aqua and Ruby would like it too.
[ That's the sort of thing she would have thought and kept to herself at some point... but now the cat's out of the bag, what point is there in pretending?
Besides. She'd had to keep them a distant secret for so long, even before coming here. Even just being able to say their names out loud and acknowledge that they're hers is an unimaginably precious gift. ]
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[ She gives him a little grin – a little bashful and a little proud all at once, but then the brightness dims and the sharpness of her smile is tempered by something a little softer, more tender. ]
I wonder if Aqua and Ruby would like it too.
[ That's the sort of thing she would have thought and kept to herself at some point... but now the cat's out of the bag, what point is there in pretending?
Besides. She'd had to keep them a distant secret for so long, even before coming here. Even just being able to say their names out loud and acknowledge that they're hers is an unimaginably precious gift. ]