 Which came first, the phoenix or the flame?
"It's what I strive for," Phoebe said, meeting his half-smile with one of her own. "Sometimes happy isn't possible. But happier usually is. And progress is progress." Even if you were always going to be unhappy, it was good to have someone around who made you feel better than you did before. Phoebe personally wished that someone would bake cookies to cheer her up, and- well- maybe other people felt that way too. She was willing to bet a small bit of her time on it.
Phoebe couldn't exactly reach the high shelves, so she used her wand to levitate down the bowls that she wanted. Despite her normally frowny expression, she couldn't help but crack a smile at Nyle's pun and she even laughed a teeny tiny bit. She loved puns, ok? "Well, I trust you with flowers and flours. But it doesn't really matter if we make a mess, because we can just clean it up and try again." |