[Although he's a little unceremonious in handing the gift to her and he makes it both look and feel more like a pass-off of some kind of package only a select number of people are privy to all the details about, Elena smiles a little. She hadn't been expecting anything and sure as hell didn't expect anything after that port. She was just expecting her nineteenth birthday to pass by without comment or remark.]
[Elena is careful in unwrapping it. It isn't hard to guess what it is from the feel of the package, but the engraved scorpion catches her by surprise and the message inside widens her smile.]
Thank you, [she says as she closes it. Elena doesn't get emotional about it, visibly anyway. She doesn't move in for a hug either. That's just not the way Bond is with her, so she doesn't get that way with him unless it's really warranted. Instead,] I'm still not drinking my own pee though.
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[Elena is careful in unwrapping it. It isn't hard to guess what it is from the feel of the package, but the engraved scorpion catches her by surprise and the message inside widens her smile.]
Thank you, [she says as she closes it. Elena doesn't get emotional about it, visibly anyway. She doesn't move in for a hug either. That's just not the way Bond is with her, so she doesn't get that way with him unless it's really warranted. Instead,] I'm still not drinking my own pee though.