"Okay," I say, nodding in agreement, a little surprised by how pleased I am at the suggestion. It's such a small thing, but I've found that it's the little things about home that I like thinking about the most, and that I enjoy letting carry over here. It'll look good to anyone watching, too, I think, though that's not really the point. That's the funny thing about all of this. If it weren't for how on guard I am all the time, and know he is, too, none of this normalcy would be pretended. "Let's give it a shot."
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