[ truthfully, viren had felt a flash of singing jealousy at the mention of myr - not because of any closeness he could suspect of lahabrea and the faun's relationship (not that he didn't notice that he called him myr, not his full name, after all), but that altering a watch to capture images in color, and then making some grand show of it in donating upgrades to the populace at large...

well. it would be ostentatious, thoughtful, and certainly over-the-top; thus, a damn good gift idea, hypothetically. he wish he'd thought of that. ]

[ with a thin smile, any superfluous coolness since dissipated, ]

I see... I'm sure you could engineer further practical advancements for these devices, should this be a pursuit that you wish to continue.

[ but also, ]

Is there some charity here, or cause, that you would like to see donations go to? Besides your own.