Location:Seven Peaks — Residential Quarter, Garden, Boys' Room
Date/Time:TC1854.10.20
Elian woke to gifts.
Not a mountain of them — Seven Peaks didn't do mountains of gifts, because the Charter's consumption guidelines discouraged excessive material accumulation and because Raven had once said "a child who expects to be buried in presents on their birthday will spend their life disappointed by every day that isn't their birthday," which was the kind of thing that sounded harsh until you realized it meant she wanted every day to feel worth having, not just the ones with wrapping paper.
So: not a mountain. A small collection, arranged on the floor outside his door by people who knew him well enough to know what he'd value and well enough to know he'd be embarrassed if they watched him open anything.
