Oh, someone's been talking to Stibs. My condolences.

[ There's a slight prickle there, naturally, but nothing major. She stops swinging her legs, leans forward, and nods at the bag. ]

I, um - when I lost a couple of fingers a while ago, I had to open my bag one-handed too, it was a pain in the a-- butt. I ended up tying a loop of string onto the zipper so I could handle it better, would you like me to tie some to yours real quick?

[ oh hey look at this

ANOTHER SMILE ]