Thread:Doctor Ibrahim/@comment-28530195-20161227051618/@comment-28358106-20161230041327

(Nothing saying she didn't, but that makes three gifts in a row that were weapons. She's starting to get ideas.)

Aurora picks up the large geode as best she can, her thin arms trying their best. She looks at the fossilized tooth as if it were an archeological treasure.

"Oh look, Lucida, look, look! This is from before the new ages!  Oh my gosh, look, it's actually real!  I can't believe it!  I..." She runs her hand over the stone, the thoughts of the deep sea coming to her. She looks almost wistful for a moment, a rush of emotion coming to her. The girls' expressions of happiness fade and they lean in, concerned.

"Aurora...are you all right?" Aegis says quietly.

"It reminds you of home, doesn't it?" Aurum puts her hands on her shoulders.

Her voice is small. "No...I already am home. This is my home, and I wouldn't trade it for anything, ever, not ever.  This...this just makes my home a little more like the sea, is all.  And...that's all I would ever want." She at last smiles again and puts the geode down carefully.

"Come here..." Regina pulls Aurora into a hug.

A rustling of paper makes everyone turn. Gemmi has already unwrapped her present and has folded the paper into a string of Transmorpher paper dolls.

"Your present, honey," Regina says.

"Oh! Wight! I fowgot."