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Sophie nestled her head against Mo's shoulder once more as he spoke, sighing softly in resignation to his words while watching him sort through his things. Mo didn't seem like the type to get caught up in worldly things and lose all of his good qualities, but... Soph couldn't help but expect the worse. That way, at least, if he did make any changes for the worse, it wouldn't seem as horrible in comparison to the many things that could change about him in a very, very bad way.
It was a silly sort of defense mechanism, but it made perfect sense to her.
"And you'll do all those things. Probably with great success, 'cause you're Marcus Orion Branxton, but even if y'don't succeed at everything... you'll still always be the star of my heart." It sounded thoroughly heartfelt and cheesy, but she ruined a little of the sincerity by grinning big and nudging into him a little. "That reminds me, though. I have a present for you. And Cat, too. S'the same thing for both of you, but don't be put off by that - it's kind of fabulous." She patted her own rucksack and wiggled her eyebrows excitedly. Was HE excited? HE SHOULD BE. "S'my sending-you-off-into-the-real-world present. A graduation gift of sorts. D'you want to see it now, or should we wait till Cat's here, too?" Why was she not with her boyfriend right now anyway, hm?
Mo wished Cat was there already, actually. She was better at the cuddling and coddling business that Sophie really needed right now, and anything Mo said to make things better would just be a patch on the problem. Not a fix. All he could do was let her nestle against him and pet her hair occasionally and add stuff from his satchel to the growing pile in front of her. Mo stuff for Sophie. A quill in good condition, some peppermint toads, the golfball for Mophieball.
"I want the present now. Dunno when Cat will show up, and I want it
now," Mo decided, reaching for her rucksack as if he was going to take it from her. "I don't want to be the star of your heart. You've already said I'm way too old for you, so I'll have to be the star of someone else's heart." Now gimme.