[ it's maybe silly, the way he visibly perks up when hearing he's forgiven — not that, you know, he was too afraid of that not happening in the first place. and yet!

the sudden declaration about his actual birthday makes charles pause, adding the new information and rearranging what he'd already known — and then he just nods. ]

I mean, that's fine, innit? If you were still back home, you'd be celebrating now, so — [ he shrugs, as if this logic makes perfect sense to him. ]

It's weird anyway, jumping us to a different calendar entirely, yeah? Like — like we somehow missed some months in the middle. It would've been winter for me, too. [ a pause. ] 'Sides, this means we can just celebrate again when it's February here. [ his grin widens when a thought hits him — ] Oi, this means I can buy you a present twice! [ he sounds inordinately pleased by this. ]