[He's got that right. Rick chuckles involuntarily, but can't bring himself to look up again until Waver continues.]
[A smile creeps over his face. Seeing Waver happy is a fine enough surprise; asking him to brag about his wife makes him almost giddy. Rick shuffles his feet and blushes a particularly bashful shade of pink. He still holds the wallet in his hand.]
...Dakota P-Perkins...God, w-where do I e-even start?... [The answer seems to present itself in her picture, which he stares at to ground himself--or else talk so quickly that he stumbles over his own words, which he does regardless.] --I-I g-guess--well she's--a-absolutely the most s-s-stunningly b-beautiful lady I-I've ever met, but--that goes w-w-without s-saying. You w-wouldn't know by l-looking at her, b-but she's...very i-inventive. G-Great i-i-imagination. It's like...w-whenever s-s-something goes w-wrong, she c-can a-always find s-some way to m-make it b-better. She's very, uh...p-p-persistent, that way.
[Phew, that was a lot of talking. Rick takes a quick breather.]
...A-And if your i-ideas w-won't work, well...she'll be the f-first one to t-tell you. [He laughs somewhat nervously.] U-Usually people l-learn to just...let her t-take th--things over. Sh--She's h-happiest when she can l-lead o-others...or h-help g-g-guide them, at least. People a-always look up to h-her, though. She just h-has that--th--that way a-around her, you know?
[Rick scoffs, shakes his head.]
...Still a-amazes me how...s-someone like her c-could ever n-n-notice s-someone like... [Sigh!] ...She's f-far too good f-for me.
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[A smile creeps over his face. Seeing Waver happy is a fine enough surprise; asking him to brag about his wife makes him almost giddy. Rick shuffles his feet and blushes a particularly bashful shade of pink. He still holds the wallet in his hand.]
...Dakota P-Perkins...God, w-where do I e-even start?... [The answer seems to present itself in her picture, which he stares at to ground himself--or else talk so quickly that he stumbles over his own words, which he does regardless.] --I-I g-guess--well she's--a-absolutely the most s-s-stunningly b-beautiful lady I-I've ever met, but--that goes w-w-without s-saying. You w-wouldn't know by l-looking at her, b-but she's...very i-inventive. G-Great i-i-imagination. It's like...w-whenever s-s-something goes w-wrong, she c-can a-always find s-some way to m-make it b-better. She's very, uh...p-p-persistent, that way.
[Phew, that was a lot of talking. Rick takes a quick breather.]
...A-And if your i-ideas w-won't work, well...she'll be the f-first one to t-tell you. [He laughs somewhat nervously.] U-Usually people l-learn to just...let her t-take th--things over. Sh--She's h-happiest when she can l-lead o-others...or h-help g-g-guide them, at least. People a-always look up to h-her, though. She just h-has that--th--that way a-around her, you know?
[Rick scoffs, shakes his head.]
...Still a-amazes me how...s-someone like her c-could ever n-n-notice s-someone like... [Sigh!] ...She's f-far too good f-for me.