[Darin freshens up her drink, suddenly wishing he had a little something harder to steel his nerves.]

...Enough that I really put my all into making this.

[He leaves the table and moves to a small end table by the couch. He reaches into the cabinet under it and procures...a stuffed toy. It's a lion...well, a space lion to be exact. In as much as Darin would believe a space lion to look. It's got blue fur, a pink mane and, you guessed it, pointy ears like an Altean.]

[And also two tails. It's space. What do you want from him? He doesn't know!]

[But it's got cute button eyes and a blep expression and it's very very snugly looking.]

...I don't know what lions look like in space or on Altea so I kinda used my imagination.

[There's also a small box tied in a ribbon to it. It's longer than it is tall...but it looks like this gift has a second part.]