"Lots of sugar, no milk, please." She dismisses the apology with a little shake of her head. "It was pretty good. We got something like popcorn, but each kernel was fist-sized and it was all seasoned with something like black pepper and brown sugar. Like savory kettle corn."
"Sounds like I really missed out," Martin says, and it's partially just conversational, partially sincere. He'll tip the sugar into the cup, stirring it for her before passing it over. He'll tug the gift on the tabletop a little closer to him, then, starting to pick it open. "What'd you get Jon?"
She sits back, both hands wrapped around her tea and smiles behind the rim of the cup.
"Same things, but his is green."
And he'll see what she means in a minute - inside her brown-bag wrapping paper are two smaller packages - one is a snowman shaped out of dark brown candied nuts, gold with honey and carefully wrapped in wax paper. The other is a cap, made of soft, almost silky felt, with small hard shapes flat inside the cloth. It's dyed a deep dusty blue.
"Oh. This is lovely." The snowman is nice enough on its own, but Martin marvels softly at the cap, turning it gently over in his hands before placing it carefully on his head. "My hair's not sticking up anywhere, is it? How do I look?"
Taylor grins brightly. "It looks good. I had to guess at a fit, I couldn't get a measure on you and the silk doesn't have much give." Her usual technique is absolutely off-limits for Martin, Jon, and Tim. "It's piercing-resistant, and some protection against impact, but it's not absolute, so like I told Tim, no testing." Which is said teasingly, because she doesn't think Martin would.
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"Same things, but his is green."
And he'll see what she means in a minute - inside her brown-bag wrapping paper are two smaller packages - one is a snowman shaped out of dark brown candied nuts, gold with honey and carefully wrapped in wax paper. The other is a cap, made of soft, almost silky felt, with small hard shapes flat inside the cloth. It's dyed a deep dusty blue.
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