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Kyle gave Tallyho a blank look as she grabbed the flower out of her hair and pressed it against his chest. He didn't laugh but neither did he understand what was happening at that point. He caught the flower in his open palm and gazed at the simple pink daisy. The petals were bent and marred with scratches, as flowers are sensitive things, but he didn't drop the crumpled daisy. He kept holding it in his open palm, staring and puzzling over what just happened and what to do next.

He gave another silly giggle, as he turned to the road ahead and held what was left of the flower carefully, surprising for his tipsy state. Reaching his free hand far ahead of him, he clumsily waved to Tally's retreating back, and called, "Till we meet again!" He giggled again and started singing a song he vaguely remembered from a story back on Earth.

Upon the hearth, fire is red,
Under the roof is a bed;
But not yet weary our feet

Round the corner may wait
A new road or secret gate

(parts of hobbit adventure song from Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien)

Edit:9/28/15 With the silly song still on his lips and damaged daisy in hand, he followed the road laid out ahead of him to the palace, and placed the daisy in a vase on his end table. It clearly wasn't the prettiest thing to look at, but for some reason he wanted to keep it.