[... Why was it so surprising! She liked Sully! And of course he's going to get a boner did he think she wanted to just sit here and be bored the whole time? That'd be boring as shit. She's content where she is while Emily ends up grinning right along with Masaomi.] Point for creativity, I'll be sure to model them for you, soon. [Probably even before her boyfriend! But maybe that was only right. Now she feels kind of bad for only getting him a board game! Sure, it was one he had mentioned wanting, but still.

Yamato answers her and Ada can't ... Tell him. Veronica's still in the room and she's not quite sure that she wants to tell the kids in the first place. It was less about trusting them and more along the lines of accepting that shit happened, and it probably couldn't remain a secret if three teenagers were aware.] It's okay. It's completely okay I just ... Didn't think you remembered.

[The hat itself was the one thing she'd managed to bring back to the states with her that had once belonged to her mother, an artifact of her parents first meeting, actually. The original had been worn down with time and very reluctantly put out of commission. She used to take the kids to the park and wear it all the time.] It's perfect.

[She smooths her hair out to put it on, and that's when she smiles, very soft and fragile, like it's a happiness that could tumble away and break. It doesn't, though. And it won't.]