[From where she's buried her face, she can't see anything—not even the dimming in the light is obvious to her until he tells her to open her eyes. She hesitates a moment, bouncing a little on her feet, before she lifts her head first, eyes still shut.]
You're sure?
[But she doesn't even wait for him to answer before she lets them flutter open slowly, and she has to readjust to the change, confused at first, before she finally looks up to see it.
And when she does, a gasp leaves parted, astounded lips.
He's shown her the lights before. She remembers the show he had put on at the wedding to end the night, and how they had flown off in the balloon through them, so close that she could reach out and touch them then, too. But now, she stands among them, right beneath, and they are even closer than they had been. She lifts a hand, touches, and the lights swirl gently before slowly stopping, and her eyes go even wider as she stares up at them for just a little bit longer.
Them, the starflowers, and the stars...
...
Before she turns her gaze to him, the beginnings of tears shining in her eyes as memories of their wedding night come flooding back.]
This is better than any surprise I could have imagined.
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You're sure?
[But she doesn't even wait for him to answer before she lets them flutter open slowly, and she has to readjust to the change, confused at first, before she finally looks up to see it.
And when she does, a gasp leaves parted, astounded lips.
He's shown her the lights before. She remembers the show he had put on at the wedding to end the night, and how they had flown off in the balloon through them, so close that she could reach out and touch them then, too. But now, she stands among them, right beneath, and they are even closer than they had been. She lifts a hand, touches, and the lights swirl gently before slowly stopping, and her eyes go even wider as she stares up at them for just a little bit longer.
Them, the starflowers, and the stars...
...
Before she turns her gaze to him, the beginnings of tears shining in her eyes as memories of their wedding night come flooding back.]
This is better than any surprise I could have imagined.