[ //ninja style places peppermint drops all over her office. along with her christmas present: a handmade ( by farlan himself ) book containing all he's learned about the titans. ]
She smells the candy before she sees it, the minty freshness soothing her nerves and mind by default and then she's glad her office had been cleaned the day before. Red and white swirls drape her furniture and she'd be frustrated on any other day but it's almost Christmas and she can't be mad when she throws a hard piece of candy between her teeth.
-- its then she notices an oddity on her desk.
There's an addition to her books and notes already stacked in a neat order. Curiosity nips at her being and she swipes the mints off the chair, scattering them across the floor ( it's going to take months before she cleans every broken piece stuck between the floor boards ) but the hand bound journal has her full attention.
There's a quiet and embarrassing squeak of delight when she opens it and she might think this is the greatest gift she received in a very long time. Incredibly useful to both her restless mind and studies, Farlan's fresh perspective could open a new light on the Titans, his experience forcing Zoë to to question her own, or so she hopes.
She picks up a pen and one of her journals and immediately dives in into her neatly made present her own notes sitting before her for comparison.
-- she briefly wonders how she can repay him.















