Hey, we're baaaaaack! ^________^

[afterthinking]

Oh my gosh! America is so weird! I mean, Gaia is awesome, but it's crazy! I mean, in Oklahoma it's all flat and in Utah it's all red and in Colorado it's all mountains and in North Dakota it's all the opposite of mountains because everything goes high into the ground, and in Michigan there are all these lakes, everywhere! But they all have great

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[hearthfires]

*flying glomp*

Uncle! Oh, I was just thinking about how I missed you! *beams* It's so good to see you again. I'm very glad you had fun.

[afterthinking]

*huge loving hug of yay!!!!*

I missed you! We didn't have cookies once, the whole time! Do you want to try some of my chocolate cheese fudge? It's really great! And I got some stuff for you in New Mexico, 'cause they had some really pretty stuff, and I thought you'd like it, and, and, and in Michigan I got this great thing for you, just let me find it-- *goes through suitcase energetically*

[hearthfires]

No cookies? How terrible! And yes, I should very much like some of your fudge, dear, how kind of you to offer!

*coos and exclaims at all the right places*

[afterthinking]

I know! It was really bad! But they had these neat brownies in South Dakota that were really cool. They put whipped cream on them in little squigglies and it was all fancy and stuff. ^___________^ Here! *offers wedge of fudge*

*nobody makes Epi happy like Hestia*

Okay, here, I found it! Here! *pulls out a little paper-wrapped package of gift*

[hearthfires]

*purrs* Oooooh, it's good.

*glee! He makes her happy - she's been rather pining*

*glows*

*opens it slowly, smoothing the paper out and carefully cutting the tape up and off without marking the paper*

[afterthinking]

Isn't it? ^________^ *so happy and thrilled with the discovery that cheese makes good chocolate fudge*

*Epi doesn't really... pine per se, but if he did, he'd've been pinin'. as it was, he was very conscious of not having the perfect person to share things with*

*beams*

*and exposing a beautiful copper barrette with a big etched design of dragonflies--he, um, had help picking it out*

[hearthfires]

*nodnod* *will have to find a similar recipe, if the original is not to be had*

*beams back*

*gasps* Oh, my!

*blinks rapidly, so as not to cry in delighted surprise, and carefully puts it into her hair* Oh, dear, it's beautiful. *kisses his cheek* Oh, thank you so very much!

[afterthinking]

^___^ *it is not, we're afraid...*

^___^

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*kisses her back* You're welcome! Patrice said you'd like it! *is artless* We got it in Michigan at a museum! I think it was prettiest, but I was going to get you a hat with three corners, because they were neat. But Patrice said it was better. ^____^ And he's smart.

[hearthfires]

He is very, dear. And you are very quick to listen. *smiles happily*

*reaches back to touch it - yay!*

[afterthinking]

^__^ I knew he was. Thanks! ^_____^ *is good at listening. mostly*

*sooooo happy*