[ Adaine's not used to receiving gifts, even birthday ones. The fact that someone who's never met her before would give her a gift when her own family hardly ever bothered to is almost more than she has the words to handle.
She accepts the newspaper wrapped present with reverent hands, and unwraps it carefully. When she sees the scarf inside, her eyes widen with wonder. ]
Oh, it's beautiful... Thank you!
[ The scarf may have been a last minute afterthought for Clarke, but to Adaine, it really means a lot. It means that this total stranger thought enough of her to go out of her way to give her something pretty. ]
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[ Adaine's not used to receiving gifts, even birthday ones. The fact that someone who's never met her before would give her a gift when her own family hardly ever bothered to is almost more than she has the words to handle.
She accepts the newspaper wrapped present with reverent hands, and unwraps it carefully. When she sees the scarf inside, her eyes widen with wonder. ]
Oh, it's beautiful... Thank you!
[ The scarf may have been a last minute afterthought for Clarke, but to Adaine, it really means a lot. It means that this total stranger thought enough of her to go out of her way to give her something pretty. ]