[ marco smiles a little bit, watching armin unwrap the present. he is used to how conscientious armin is about wasting items like paper wrapping. he doesn't make fun of him - once he caught on, he tried to use things that would hold up better than flimsy wrapping.

the book, of course, is the main appeal, and his face breaks out into a shy grin. ]

It took some leaning on my Bott contacts, but I found it in one of the seasonal stores. [ seasonal in that it was only open like, one week out of the year while the owner hunted down rare books. ]

Look - it is the copy that has the hand written corrections from the author before they passed away.