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It'd taken a bit longer to go get the books than what she'd originally estimated for one reason and one reason alone; Naz had felt the divine inspiration to make something for Zac. Most specifically, she'd made a teeny tiny Mogget, complete with little eyebrow markings and all - it'd been a bit more detailed than she usually went, but with some luck it had come out good. She was glad, for the whole thing was a labor of love and the only likeness she'd ever tried to capture before had been her old cat, some years ago.

The little felt cat was currently in her shoulder bag, having been carefully tucked away to avoid being damaged on the trip to the bookstore.

Which was a short trip all in all, and she stepped through the door to throw a cheerful wave and a "Hey Zac!" at her newfound friend.

Coming closer to him she gave him an excited smile, fingers curling on the strap of her shoulder bag. "I left Fiene at home this time, hope you don't mind."

Naz had her hand halfway out to attempt to pet Mogget when Zac put the books and then his gift on the counter. Bewildered, she stopped, looking at the gift and then at her new friend.

But she didn't even manage to get out a 'what?' before he was off, explaining the duffle bag and its reasoning.

"Oh! I-" she paused, rearranged her thoughts to put them in order and then continued; "thank you Zac, that's immensely sweet of you." A warm, affectionate smile bloomed on her face; okay, so this was a bit of a weird gift as she was pretty sure she wasn't going to get stuck in the woods, but it was the thought that mattered - and she thought it mattered a great deal that he'd liked her well enough to worry about her already.

"Although I'm probably not going to be spending much time in the woods; not really my kind of thing, honestly." She grinned at him before her expression dampened to something more serious, "I hope you're okay, though, with the whole woods thing... that's gotta have been tough. If you ever want to chat I'm here, yeah?"

But there was another thing... "Oh! Actually, I have something for you too; it's not as big as the bag, but -" a quick rummaging in her bag brought forth the tiny Mogget, wrapped in silk paper. With a bright smile she held it out to him, "I hope you'll like it!"

She laughed brightly, waving a hand dismissively; "No, no! It's just a hobby, yeah? Something to do when I need to de-stress or just, y'know, keep my hands busy. I have a ton of things like that at home, waiting for people to foist them on." Just generally not as elaborate as this one, but she wasn't going to bring that up.

Watching the way he handled the felted Mogget made her feel very happy though - he obviously wasn't faking his joy. She'd put a lot of effort into making this one just right, and it made warmth bloom in her chest and her smile to see him appreciate it.

But he'd gone to just as much effort for her; her hand on the duffel bag told her it had several items in it, and her curiousity was great to see what they were. "What sort of things did you pack in here?" A bad days kit, but what exactly did that mean?

The drawing on the duffle was lovely and she took a few moments to admire it before she sent Zac one more warm smile and focused her attention on unzipping her new bag.

It held - "An umbrella?" Puzzled, she took it out and examined it. Foldaway, so it didn't take up much space. Still, not the first thing she'd have expected. Putting it down again she went for the next item, which turned out to be something silver and square. "What's this?" Holding it up so he could see, her puzzled expression said clearly that she had no idea what this was.

"No, no, it's fine! Very useful!" She grinned encouragingly at him before putting the blanket back into the bag. "I'd just never seen one before, that's all. But now I can say I'm the proud owner of a survival kit - that's gotta earn me some cool points, yeah?" Emergency blankets counted as a survival kit, she figured. It was at the very least closer to owning one than she'd ever been before.

"Nah don't worry about it - I put up a flyer in the grocery store but any more than that might just be too much work, yeah? Better to save it for friends and stuff; anyway, I'm really glad you like it. Really." Her smile confirmed the truth of the statement, radiant and affectionate.

"You know, I have no idea either," she sent him a conspiratorial grin. "But if someone does I'll refer them to you. And hey, thanks for calling me an artist! I can honestly say I've never thought of myself as that, but it's definitely a nice upgrade from geek." It'd never occurred to her that felt animals might be art; not because she didn't like them, it'd just never... felt like she thought creating art was supposed to feel.

"Do you write yourself? Since you said you're mostly books. Fantasy adventures starring Mogget maybe?" Hell, she'd read that.

"Yes!" She laughed, imagining what kind of book they could make. "That'd be a lovely children's book - hell, we could even include some easy how-to's for making your own Mogget and Friends. A bit less fancy than that one," she nodded to the miniature, "but still something cute, yeah? Maybe round in shape, that'd probably be the easiest.." For a moment she got lost in thought, planning out what kind of shape would be easiest for a child to master - they'd need a simple how-to, something that even novices could throw themselves at. Nothing with wire, that could get a bit fiddly for a beginner, especially a kid. Maybe -

Starting, she blinked a couple of times and came back to the conversation; "Ah sorry, got a bit caught up in thought there." An apologetic smile and she leaned on the counter. "What kind of adventures would they go on, though? Risky rescue missions with dragons and trolls? Or something a bit more mundane, maybe. Cheering up a sad kid?"

"Oh, like a combination of the two - the scary made more mundane?" She hummed, thinking. "That could definitely work; seems a proper theme for a kids' book too, something teaching them that being afraid is okay but you can still be brave. Or did I get it wrong?"