[ She's sure Deerington will keep throwing challenges their way. Ashe is stubborn enough to manage the waves purely because she refuses to let this place destroy her.

She shakes her head, eyes half lidded when they break apart briefly as she mumbles. ] Sure when you're the one doin' the hog tyin', not so much when you get tided up. [ There's a smile on her lips as she closes he eyes and kisses him again. She savors it a moment, considering dragging him back to the sofa, or take him to bed, before she remembers that she's still got another gift. Pulling back, she seems free from the stress the previous picture caused. ]

I'm a little nervous now, but there's another box to open, right? What's your third picture of.

[ She just hoped it was nothing that suggested he'd be taken farther away from her back home. ]