@terraena gets a random starter.
His mouth almost upturns in a smile, but he doesn't want to scare her off. He can hear Brooke's voice in his head: ' it doesn't matter how many centuries you've been in love with her, you have to wait for her. ' & for some reason, when he looks at Syd ... he gets it. The waiting. She could ask him to wait forever, & he'd do so gladly. But for today, he settles with a simple gift. When he'd gone to the surface to check on Maggie and Brooke, he'd stopped by a local flower shop & picked up some flowers. Of course, these had nothing on the blooms in Ari's garden, but she was still out from her run-in with Murmur.
He offers Syd the bunch of flowers, nodding down at them. " Here ... & no, there's no strings attached. They just ... reminded me of you. "