[ His answer catches her slightly off-guard, and she blinks before she smiles too. While she's aware that her particular holidays are overrepresented amongst the Summoned, it still feels like something special, to have it taken to heart. Like sharing something meaningful.
He may or may not recognize what's in the box as a snow globe -- she hasn't actually considered whether he might have ever seen anything like it before. The wooden base is dark and smooth, with a small indent on the top. The globe is fully spherical, closed glass that can be lifted from the base, if desired. Though not noticeable, it has been charmed to be unbreakable.
Inside the globe, there is a painted sculpture, a castle built on a mountain. The grass is green with snow on top, the mountain given little cliffs and even rogue branches here and there. The castle is as detailed as can be at that size, a replica of Kaer Morhen. Julie sat for days in the Horizon, sitting at the base of the mountains and sketching it for herself, over and over until she could see individual stones in her mind, to carry the image back into the real world. A tiny, animate horse the same color as the current Roach is at a trough in the courtyard, while a tiny white wolf prowls the gate.
The snow that falls inside the globe is also magical, constant and steady. There's a slight fog around the peak of the mountain that originates the snow, which only piles to an aesthetically pleasing point before disappearing and falling again.
It took her weeks to get the various elements right, starting from crafting the miniature keep from clay and painting it, to working out the various magical elements. There was more than one shattered ball of glass amongst the attempts. ]
Sorry if I got any of it wrong. I tried to remember everythin' I could.
[ Honestly, she's proud of herself even if he hates it. She managed every aspect she wanted to. ]
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He may or may not recognize what's in the box as a snow globe -- she hasn't actually considered whether he might have ever seen anything like it before. The wooden base is dark and smooth, with a small indent on the top. The globe is fully spherical, closed glass that can be lifted from the base, if desired. Though not noticeable, it has been charmed to be unbreakable.
Inside the globe, there is a painted sculpture, a castle built on a mountain. The grass is green with snow on top, the mountain given little cliffs and even rogue branches here and there. The castle is as detailed as can be at that size, a replica of Kaer Morhen. Julie sat for days in the Horizon, sitting at the base of the mountains and sketching it for herself, over and over until she could see individual stones in her mind, to carry the image back into the real world. A tiny, animate horse the same color as the current Roach is at a trough in the courtyard, while a tiny white wolf prowls the gate.
The snow that falls inside the globe is also magical, constant and steady. There's a slight fog around the peak of the mountain that originates the snow, which only piles to an aesthetically pleasing point before disappearing and falling again.
It took her weeks to get the various elements right, starting from crafting the miniature keep from clay and painting it, to working out the various magical elements. There was more than one shattered ball of glass amongst the attempts. ]
Sorry if I got any of it wrong. I tried to remember everythin' I could.
[ Honestly, she's proud of herself even if he hates it. She managed every aspect she wanted to. ]