"Consider it a going away gift, something to remember me by while I'm gone," he said, handing her the long and narrow box that was wrapped expertly in silver foil paper, a large green ribbon tied around the width of it. She smiled as she accepted it, thanking him several times over. He did not give gifts, and had been at a lost really of how to even go about wrapping one. She seemed to sense this, a bright and earnest gratefulness glowing in her eyes as she carefully pulled the ribbon from it, holding it out to him.