( Nico finally lets go, if only so she can brush him off with a wave of her now free hand. )

You're just sayin' that 'cause you haven't seen them yet. Trust me, they're gonna be cute as all heck.

( But in the meanwhile: hairpins! She admires a couple of different designs before eventually settling on two individual gold star pins, which she pays for with a smile before slipping them into her hair near her temples. )

How's that? Festive-but-witchy?