" I'm sorry about your hat ; andimayhaveboughtyouanewonefromghastly. "

“– You   w h a t?”


 His head tilts,
  cocks at a single angle
   that considers her words
   with playful curiosity,
   a lick of SURPRISE
 melting within his words.

 “Valkyrie,
   you went out of your way
   to get me a new hat?
 …… It’s not pink, is it?”