[Not on the Day of Candlenight's itself, but later that evening, there's a big bundle at Mia and Maya's room, slipped there while everyone was enjoying their holiday festivities, and wrapped very sloppily but with a handful of envelopes attached to it. There's a note tied to the bow.]
Sorry, this took a lot longer to wrap up than I thought! I hope you don't mind!
[If Maya and Mia dig into the present, they'll realize it's a shared gift. And not only is it a shared gift, it's a big one. While there is an envelope with a letter for each of them, it's secondary to the main gift.
In what could have only been painstakingly hand-drawn by Phoenix himself, is a recreation of the first time the three of them reunited on the moonbase in the hospital - Maya clinging tightly to Phoenix as he's sandwiched between her and Mia. There's no color to the picture itself - but the picture is done on a posterboard that looks like it was traced on and re-done a few times to get it just right - there's the loving hint of eraser marks and various residue of the sketch layer. And the posterboard is large enough to be put up in the room itself - not quite as all-encompassing as a certain lawyer's favorite painting, certainly. But perhaps that's for the best.]
[If Maya opens up her letter, she'll get a much smaller sketch - a recreation, mostly of memory, of The Steel Samurai. It's not entirely perfect, but it's pretty close, for Phoenix not having any direct reference to draw on. As well as a small letter.]
Maya,
I don't think I'll ever really feel like I'm worthy of the kind of praise you give me. No matter how many tribulations we've been through, we always come out on top. And when I feel like I'm at my wits end, I always remember that you've never once given up. Not on me, or on anyone else.
I'm sure you've done, and are doing, the same here. And I might not be able to ever catch up to how long you've spent here, having to be so strong for everyone else's sake. But I can tell you that if you're ever feeling overwhelmed, and it happens to the best of us, you can always rely on me. I'll always be in your corner. I know you know that, but it bears repeating.
My life would be a whole lot different - and a whole lot less interesting! - without you, Maya. So just remember to rely on me.
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Sorry, this took a lot longer to wrap up than I thought! I hope you don't mind!
[If Maya and Mia dig into the present, they'll realize it's a shared gift. And not only is it a shared gift, it's a big one. While there is an envelope with a letter for each of them, it's secondary to the main gift.
In what could have only been painstakingly hand-drawn by Phoenix himself, is a recreation of the first time the three of them reunited on the moonbase in the hospital - Maya clinging tightly to Phoenix as he's sandwiched between her and Mia. There's no color to the picture itself - but the picture is done on a posterboard that looks like it was traced on and re-done a few times to get it just right - there's the loving hint of eraser marks and various residue of the sketch layer. And the posterboard is large enough to be put up in the room itself - not quite as all-encompassing as a certain lawyer's favorite painting, certainly. But perhaps that's for the best.]
[If Maya opens up her letter, she'll get a much smaller sketch - a recreation, mostly of memory, of The Steel Samurai. It's not entirely perfect, but it's pretty close, for Phoenix not having any direct reference to draw on. As well as a small letter.]
Maya,
I don't think I'll ever really feel like I'm worthy of the kind of praise you give me.
No matter how many tribulations we've been through, we always come out on top.
And when I feel like I'm at my wits end, I always remember that you've never once given up.
Not on me, or on anyone else.
I'm sure you've done, and are doing, the same here.
And I might not be able to ever catch up to how long you've spent here, having to be so strong for everyone else's sake.
But I can tell you that if you're ever feeling overwhelmed, and it happens to the best of us, you can always rely on me.
I'll always be in your corner. I know you know that, but it bears repeating.
My life would be a whole lot different - and a whole lot less interesting! - without you, Maya.
So just remember to rely on me.
- Nick