at this point she also leans to put a hand on that towel, sliding it across the worktop Caroline's way. ]
So. In honor of your birthday... a gift. [ light humour in the tone: "a gift" is pushing it. but given that she neither knew it was Caroline's birthday nor had the money, time or awareness of good shopping spots to get something decent even if she did, something's better than nothing.
call it captive humor. ] It's unused.
[ did somebody steal a spare on arrival and has been hiding it away for a rainy day ever since? you never know where the next clean, dry towel is coming from, you know? ]
no subject
[ immediate. give her some of that cake, stat.
at this point she also leans to put a hand on that towel, sliding it across the worktop Caroline's way. ]
So. In honor of your birthday... a gift. [ light humour in the tone: "a gift" is pushing it. but given that she neither knew it was Caroline's birthday nor had the money, time or awareness of good shopping spots to get something decent even if she did, something's better than nothing.
call it captive humor. ] It's unused.
[ did somebody steal a spare on arrival and has been hiding it away for a rainy day ever since? you never know where the next clean, dry towel is coming from, you know? ]