Aurora DOES know from dresses, what with actually wearing them and all. Maybe he should get her opinion?]
I hadn't been thinking of just looking through what was offered, really. That might be all well and good under other circumstances, but if I'm to give a gift it should be recognizably from me. That's why I was intending to have someone work up a dress styled from back home; I'd been thinking something like this.
[Philip's hand moved across the page, sketching a rough but recognizable outline of a slightly elaborate peasant dress, good for feastdays. He wanted to keep it appropriate with her station, after all.]
You see, this part should be all in red, and the underskirt all in white; it should make a striking contrast. [...Just like Aurora's wedding dress. Why didn't he realize that before!?
[Action]
Aurora DOES know from dresses, what with actually wearing them and all. Maybe he should get her opinion?]
I hadn't been thinking of just looking through what was offered, really. That might be all well and good under other circumstances, but if I'm to give a gift it should be recognizably from me. That's why I was intending to have someone work up a dress styled from back home; I'd been thinking something like this.
[Philip's hand moved across the page, sketching a rough but recognizable outline of a slightly elaborate peasant dress, good for feastdays. He wanted to keep it appropriate with her station, after all.]
You see, this part should be all in red, and the underskirt all in white; it should make a striking contrast. [...Just like Aurora's wedding dress. Why didn't he realize that before!?
...Wait, how would it matter?]