Cornelius, who had been absentmindedly examining his gift as he waited, looked up immediately as he heard the soft crunch of snow approaching him. And of course, Aspen Odessa was there to see him, smiling as though nothing had changed at all, like she was happy to see him. And for a moment, his expression couldn't help but flicker into a soft smile. He had missed her. Seeing her once more relieved some sort of heaviness he wasn't even aware he had, and he couldn't help but smile just for a second. But just as fast as the smile came, it went, as his own eyes followed where her lighter ones were resting. The gift in his hands. He then seemed to remember what they were there for - to give Aspen her gift because he wasn't seeing her on a regular basis any more. And they weren't seeing one another currently because she had still kissed Joao, and the mere thought of it still made him feel sick.

But he couldn't think about it for too long, as in the next second she was gesturing to the gift. Clearing his throat and getting to his feet from his leaning stance, he gave a brief nod before handing the small package to her. The present on the outside was a little...well..homemade? The young man had certainly tried his best to make it look nice, but just as Cornelius was not good at crafts, he was not good at wrapping things beautifully. So the gift was messily wrapped in some kind of newspaper, with a large, lopsided bow fastened to the top. He tried.

And beneath the wrapping there was a medium-sized jewelry box, too large to be for a ring but too small to be for a giant crown or anything. And, as the box sort of suggested, inside there was a piece of jewelry. But Cornelius wouldn't have even considered getting Aspen jewelry at all had he not found this particular gift, simply because he didn't see Aspen as a girl who really cared for accessorizing. But this...this just had Aspen's name written all over it to the young man who had bought it months before. Inside the small box was a long silver necklace, a charmingly simple, delicate chain placed neatly in the center. But the gift really wasn't special because of the chain. Rather, he had gotten her the necklace because it had a single silver charm on it; a charm of a goblin. Small and shiny, and neatly detailed, it was a tiny little goblin figure possibly two inches in overall height. It was a little odd to see such a pretty, delicate necklace with a beautiful rendition of something as random (and generally not jewelry-associated) as a goblin, but there it was. Detailed down to the smallest hair or wrinkle, and just waiting for Aspen to see it.