With interest, she watched Chtahzus'aak unroll the paper, revealing its fragile quality and the artwork it held. Bao's eyes betrayed her delight before her face followed, lighting up with emotion rarely shown. Her hand rose of its own accord and fingers lightly touched the base of her neck as her gaze travelled across the paper to take in the detail.
Gently, she reached to accept the scroll from him, glancing up into his eyes as she took it before her gaze flicked down again.
"You do me an honour," she said once the piece was in her hands and she could admire it from closer. "Your gift is both generous and thoughtful. Thank you."
She looked up from the scroll into his eyes once more, with less emotion than she had the first time; now she was pensive.
"There is a lantern parade in the streets tonight, in a couple of hours it will begin. I watch every year from my balcony. Would you like to join me?" She held the scroll open in her hands but didn't look down at it again. After his answer, whether accepted or declined, she would look down at it in order to wind it up again for safekeeping.