Susumu nodded. “Something with more of a simple pattern then?” she
asked. “I don’t think any of them really have any flat colors…”

After a few minutes of thinking and flipping through pages, Susumu
spoke up once more. “Well, let’s see… I don’t know about bow shapes,
but…  The Wooly Bow is the most simple design, but I think she’d look
good in the Debutante Bow too. Is green her favorite color? They both
come in green…”

Konade, meanwhile, had prepared to pick up the phone. “We can order
it for you when you decide,” she said. “We’ve got the money to cover it,
so don’t worry about it.”

“…Yeah, I think you’re right,” the Repairman said, nodding. “Those two should work…”

He blinked as Susumu asked about Marie’s favorite color.

“…Um…I think so. She usually goes for orange and green…”

He looked at the catalog again.

“Oh, but what if she wants more colors to branch out? What then…?”

He looked up suddenly, and turned to Konade.

“Thank you,” he said, “but…”

He pulled a large sack of coins from assorted worlds from his hammerspace.

“…I’d feel better if I paid for it…”