Ed has to momentarily shield his eyes from the harsh light; once his vision recovers, he's able to lower his hands and catch the white gem in both (it clinks against the bare steel palm of his right hand) just in time. He spends several moments staring at the image inside it, watching Al, SG-1, and General Hammond talking and laughing together at the dinner table at Hammond's house. It's... somehow both weird and overwhelmingly joyous, seeing his brother eating food again. After four and a half years of Al having to fake the act of eating so no-one the brothers stayed with would find out that the armor he was bound to was empty inside... well, Ed had kind of gotten used to it, even though it was incredibly awkward for both of them.
Al pauses in the middle of his meal, and turns slightly in his seat so that he's looking in the direction Ed's watching them from. For a moment... just a moment... it's almost as though the brothers are meeting eyes. Al gives his brother a wide smile, then turns back to his friends and resumes his meal.
"Thank you, Al..." Ed whispers, smiling gently and closing his eyes for a moment. "Love you." He presses the gem against his heart for a moment, then lets his left hand drop to his side, clutching the gem tightly in it. Then he looks up and joins his friends, expression becoming more neutral once he sees Drusilla, whom he immediately recognizes—he's been working his way through both of the Buffyverse TV series, currently in the middle of season 4 of BtVS and season 3 of Angel. Dru might be April's mother... but she's also a couple of fries short of a Happy Meal, and Ed's a little bit creeped out by her.
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Al pauses in the middle of his meal, and turns slightly in his seat so that he's looking in the direction Ed's watching them from. For a moment... just a moment... it's almost as though the brothers are meeting eyes. Al gives his brother a wide smile, then turns back to his friends and resumes his meal.
"Thank you, Al..." Ed whispers, smiling gently and closing his eyes for a moment. "Love you." He presses the gem against his heart for a moment, then lets his left hand drop to his side, clutching the gem tightly in it. Then he looks up and joins his friends, expression becoming more neutral once he sees Drusilla, whom he immediately recognizes—he's been working his way through both of the Buffyverse TV series, currently in the middle of season 4 of BtVS and season 3 of Angel. Dru might be April's mother... but she's also a couple of fries short of a Happy Meal, and Ed's a little bit creeped out by her.