She feels it, familiar now, and puffs a warm breath of acceptance into the cold void its rapid subsidence left behind. It's all right. She has good reasons for such a proposal, but his opinion matters, in every step of this project.

"Well, we're just picking out a site today. I still want to do some research. You've seen the book of sketches I made before I even began working on your arm. Can you imagine how thick the book of my designs for a whole building will be?" She gestures to indicate a book that's twice as big in page area and still thicker than her other sketchbooks.