She likes studying? [His laugh is low, and more in response to a memory than to the idea of it.] Sounds like someone I know from back home, but I'm guessing you don't want to lug back a pile of textbooks. No offense to them, but that kind of makes for a boring Christmas present.

[He'd suggest buying her a snowboard, but they're way, way out of anyone's price range. The Christmas season may be upon him, but that doesn't mean that there isn't a voice in the back of his head telling him what their funds are better used for - which is why so many of his presents so far have had a decidedly practical bent to them.]

How about art supplies, then? Bet it's pretty hard to find any of those back in Exsilium.