[video] Happy Birthday, Laura!

[shoplifter]

[Laura has not really been on the network much, since the kidnappings had happened. She had been scarce in general; just because she was held captive all her life, after all, did not make it any easier to be thrust back into that terrible sort of world. But now she's back and has at least had some time to try and heal from those nasty little metaphoricalwounds, chewing on her pencil thoughtfully before lowering it and smiling a little from where she sits at a table in the community housing..]

I am twelve now... I have never had a birthday before, so I am not sure what to do other than to say so; since I have been here for a year now, I have decided that August is my birth month.

[She grins a bit, rather impish.]

And since I do not have the exact day, I guess every day in August will have to be my birthday. Gracias.

[LAURA NO—

Oh, the feed ended on that note.

Guess August is National Laura Month, so sorry.]

Comments

[dothelokimotion]

No. Paper is a fragile medium. I doubt any magic put on it will last. It's good for a quick display but nothing more.

[shoplifter]

Then a pencil will do?

[dothelokimotion]

I'm not drawing for you every day of this month.

[shoplifter]

What about one?

[dothelokimotion]

[ He eyes her. ]

Only one?

[shoplifter]

[She holds up a lone finger.]

One picture.

... Maybe in a card.

[dothelokimotion]

Card?

[ Loki parses that. ]

Like those . . . "Hallmark" greetings?

[shoplifter]

I do not know what a Hallmark greeting is, but I do know a lot of people buy cards for special occasions.

Do they not do that in Asgard?

[dothelokimotion]

They do not.

[ But he was taught of such things when he arrived at Riverview. ]

I could give it a try, I suppose.

[shoplifter]

It would be a very nice gift for my dresser.

[So you know your work is meaningful, Loki.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ Does Laura even have a dresser. ]

It will take time.

[shoplifter]

It is a good thing my birthday is a month long.

[How dare you, she has a super cool dresser with her horses and trinkets on it.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ Deadpan. ]

I'm eternally grateful.

[shoplifter]

As you should be, mister hellion.

[You're teaching her aaaall the wrong ways to reply to things. I hope you're proud.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ That's his good influence at work. With a faint twitch of his smiles, he turns off the connection. ]