"Your birthday," Gabriel repeated. "Judging by when we arrived and how much time as passed since, it should have been a few weeks ago. That is, er... I assuming you share the same birthday as the Adrien of my world?" The last bit was more a question; had he assumed incorrectly?

"I had planned to finish it and give it to you shortly after the flower festival, but well... needless to say more urgent matters came up that disrupted those plans. And since then we've both had to deal with these dust bunnies and the various issues they've been causing, which delayed things even further. I'm just glad they didn't find it and chew on it before I got the chance to put the finishing touches on it."