[ And wouldn't you know it? Max actually laughs. It's short, and it's fond, and when she's done she reaches over to help with Basil's pin. ]

Here, let me. Don't bleed if I prick myself. [ The smile on her lips is small. But it's still there. ] I didn't mean it like that, okay? Just wanted to get an idea of what it'd look like. ...What it will, will look like.

I'm fine with it. It's your...not-birthday birthday acknowledgement, after all.