This one gets his smile to fall, but not in anything like dismay. It's surprise, it's amazement. It's a shocked kind of gratitude. He looks between the gifts and the man giving them, unable to even articulate anything.
"These-...You-..."
He scrubs a hand over his lips, carefully plucking up one of the deputy badges to turn over, watching it glint in the light.
"This is above and beyond what I ever expected, Schön. This-...My people mean so much to me, Schön. They've been dealt nothin' but raw hand after raw hand and I-...Anything to make it easier for 'em, to keep 'em safe..."
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"These-...You-..."
He scrubs a hand over his lips, carefully plucking up one of the deputy badges to turn over, watching it glint in the light.
"This is above and beyond what I ever expected, Schön. This-...My people mean so much to me, Schön. They've been dealt nothin' but raw hand after raw hand and I-...Anything to make it easier for 'em, to keep 'em safe..."
He shakes his head.
"I dunno what to say."