He buries his face in her hair with a content sigh, touch-starved and delighted to see his best friend again. The rest of the circus were of course amazing, too, but they didn't have the same patience for his bullshit as she did.

"I bought it! It's apparently a good vintage or whatever," Molly isn't picky when it came to these things, as long as it wasn't vinegar. "I got it for us. I was hoping you'd be back before we left this village."

Molly slides down from her shoulder and sits next to her instead, tail whipping a bit back and forth before it stops to curl around her back. "We've had some great shows lately."