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Backdated to Alhaitham's birthday

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[ In the early morning of his birthday, as he leaves the apartment to do whatever it is he plans on doing, Alhaitham will find a beautifully wrapped package addressed to him sitting in front of the door. There is no sender (but everyone knows who this came from). The package is sizeable, big enough to fit at least four or five Mehraks in it. It's weighty at the bottom but light on the top.

Upon opening the package and removing the packing material that was securing the gift, it'll become apparent why it was so big. The top of the gift is a 3D paper model of a location that Alhaitham will instantly recognize to be his own home in Sumeru. It is intricately crafted, though not a hundred percent accurate—but it's close enough for it to be quite clear that the crafter is as familiar with Sumeran architecture as an ordinary inhabitant of Sumeru City ought to be. Just as impressive is the greenery surrounding the house. Karmaphala trees and Brightwood trees are dotted around the house, and the rest is filled with familiar bushes and foliage. Planters with Sumeru roses and padisarahs decorate the side of the house—features that don't exist in reality, but the crafter clearly wanted more visual references to Sumeru to be included in the diorama. All in all, it is a very beautiful depiction of Alhaitham and Kaveh's home.

Underneath this model are a bunch of books of various subjects. A history of forging (not Teyvat's history, but Alhaitham will find information about how many types of forges came to be, which he might recognize from some of Kaveh's rambling of forges throughout the whole saga of its creation in January,) a book on Egyptian hieroglyphics, both volumes of the Hilichurl Ballad Selection, and... a book on various sex positions.

There's no note or letter or anything else accompanying this wide selection of gifts. ]