oh, kaveh thinks. altria beams, and kaveh looks. she is having fun. that's a smile, kaveh realises, that he hasn't seen on her face before. not like this, not in this kind of context, not with that sort of joy seen only unbidden in the first bloom of a flower at daybreak. the world is a beautiful place, he thinks. it can elicit joy.
it can also ensure everyone has cufflinks, apparently, which is a thought that causes kaveh to beam. the still-trailing salt-tracks along his cheeks is rubbed at with a cookie-crumbled sleeve as he sits up properly for the first time in thirty minutes. ]
Yes. [ kaveh says, breathless, ] I am. This has all been splendid. I haven't seen so many smiles here in such a long time, Altria. I couldnt' be happier that this has made so many people happy.
And they enjoy the shutters as well! We'll adorn every window in the city, oh, I just know it.
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oh, kaveh thinks. altria beams, and kaveh looks. she is having fun. that's a smile, kaveh realises, that he hasn't seen on her face before. not like this, not in this kind of context, not with that sort of joy seen only unbidden in the first bloom of a flower at daybreak. the world is a beautiful place, he thinks. it can elicit joy.
it can also ensure everyone has cufflinks, apparently, which is a thought that causes kaveh to beam. the still-trailing salt-tracks along his cheeks is rubbed at with a cookie-crumbled sleeve as he sits up properly for the first time in thirty minutes. ]
Yes. [ kaveh says, breathless, ] I am. This has all been splendid. I haven't seen so many smiles here in such a long time, Altria. I couldnt' be happier that this has made so many people happy.
And they enjoy the shutters as well! We'll adorn every window in the city, oh, I just know it.