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“Happy birthday, you. You have a way of making ordinary days feel like something, and I hope today gives all of that back to you at …”

“It is your birthday, which legally entitles you to be insufferable for twenty-four hours. Use it wisely. I will be here applauding, and qui…”

“Happy birthday, you. Hope you get to leave on time for once, and that whoever organizes the cake has actually remembered. Glad you'…”

“You're the part of my day I look forward to. Not the big moments, the ordinary ones, where you're just there and everything is easier. I do…”

“Another year, and still glad it's you. Here's to all the unremarkable days that quietly added up to something like this.”

“Thank you, you. Genuinely. What you did might have been easy for you, but it wasn't small to me, and I didn't want it to pass witho…”

“Thank you so much, it was exactly right, and I've already used it twice. Very kind of you to think of me at all, let alone that accurately.”

“Congratulations, you. You worked for this in all the parts nobody watched, and it's very good to see it land. Take an evening to en…”

“You did it. I know how many times you nearly didn't, which is exactly why this counts. Enormously proud of you, you.”

“I'm sorry. Not the quick kind. I've thought about it and I got it wrong. You deserved better from me, and I'd like the chance to do better.”

“Thinking of you, you. No pressure to be brave or cheerful about any of it. Just rest, and let people look after you for once.”

“Congratulations, both of you. Welcome to the world, small one. You've landed with very good people. Sleep whenever any of you can.”