I'll teach you how to tell fortunes by the roadside. It's good enough work, though I doubt anyone will believe you.
[ALSO NOT A METAPHOR. But that's okay, because she's taking her time looking at the length of ribbon wrapped around her finger, and who's put it there, and what it means, and how the circuit flows amongst them.
Maybe it wasn't intentional; maybe it only worked out that way. But there's something significant, perhaps, about Trevor choosing Alucard, and Alucard tethering Sypha, and Sypha keeping Trevor. That's a detail she'd weave into a story, later, like an ornament; not vital to the structure, any, but still good to be there nevertheless.]
This is how I do it, yes?
[She picks up his hand, and kisses the ring finger, and then nimbly wraps the length of ribbon and carefully ties it on.]
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[ALSO NOT A METAPHOR. But that's okay, because she's taking her time looking at the length of ribbon wrapped around her finger, and who's put it there, and what it means, and how the circuit flows amongst them.
Maybe it wasn't intentional; maybe it only worked out that way. But there's something significant, perhaps, about Trevor choosing Alucard, and Alucard tethering Sypha, and Sypha keeping Trevor. That's a detail she'd weave into a story, later, like an ornament; not vital to the structure, any, but still good to be there nevertheless.]
This is how I do it, yes?
[She picks up his hand, and kisses the ring finger, and then nimbly wraps the length of ribbon and carefully ties it on.]