The nod cemented it. She could guess at the rest. Not that she needed to.
She nodded back, resigned. She knew the feeling, the need to so something because it felt like the only right thing to do. Still, with everything that had happened - little girls who tell the future, hallways that shifted and changed, everything that had happened with Hotspur - she was starting to get a little superstitious.
With shaking hands she pulled the long chain of her locket over her head. Held it in her palm for a moment, silver that had sat over her heart surprisingly warm in hands that were getting ever colder, and then held it out to him.
"Kept me safe when I needed it," she said. "Plus it's the last thing I have that my dad gave to me, and now you know that you'll feel way too guilty not to bring it back. Don't bother arguing with me, I can't hear you."
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She nodded back, resigned. She knew the feeling, the need to so something because it felt like the only right thing to do. Still, with everything that had happened - little girls who tell the future, hallways that shifted and changed, everything that had happened with Hotspur - she was starting to get a little superstitious.
With shaking hands she pulled the long chain of her locket over her head. Held it in her palm for a moment, silver that had sat over her heart surprisingly warm in hands that were getting ever colder, and then held it out to him.
"Kept me safe when I needed it," she said. "Plus it's the last thing I have that my dad gave to me, and now you know that you'll feel way too guilty not to bring it back. Don't bother arguing with me, I can't hear you."