[ her tired look should be enough of an answer to the non-serious inquiry, which shifts into something a little sheepish at the rest. ]

No, that's... different, Yuwon. You can ask that. If I answered "Oh, anything would be good! Just pick something you think I'd like" then it'd be similar to what drove me up the wall before.

[ ....... even if she really would be fine with anything; malkuth isn't too picky, and seeing what someone might give her is fun. but he's asked, and she is not going to be the victim of hypocrisy today. ]

Let's see... I always like handmade things, and I won't turn down being treated to a drink or dine... It's less "at this point" and more whenever, you know? Um, I like cute stuff a lot -- a fr... coworker of mine [ please don't say anything about the slip yuwon she's trying so hard ] got me a pen with a duck head on it since I mentioned I liked ducks, and they know that I'm always writing things down too, so it was really thoughtful.

[ ... and it hurts sooooooooooo bad not to be able to do moooooore. ]

Things like that!