[While he's looking at the scarf, she moves the pie over to the center of the bed, so they can both sit turned toward each other--she's intent on his hands, and then his face, as he lets the scarf fall away from the book and looks it over.]
Yes.
[It has not occurred to her that fairy tales might be childish. She has spoken of them with Mhavos, and with Ellis, which surely means they are simply something everyone reads.]
I do not have any books, either. But I have read this one.
[At the Gallows library, and--once, part of it--many years before. Left unsaid is a comment on its quality, but that, she is hoping, Matthias will understand without further prompting. If asked, Laura is unsure she'd be able to explain the gift, even if she wished to.]
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Yes.
[It has not occurred to her that fairy tales might be childish. She has spoken of them with Mhavos, and with Ellis, which surely means they are simply something everyone reads.]
I do not have any books, either. But I have read this one.
[At the Gallows library, and--once, part of it--many years before. Left unsaid is a comment on its quality, but that, she is hoping, Matthias will understand without further prompting. If asked, Laura is unsure she'd be able to explain the gift, even if she wished to.]