[well- it wouldn't be right to deprive her of it! If Sika does decide she wants one of her own- well, she can ask for where they got it, and then go there herself! Right?]

Maybe we should get a few more and see what they all sound like together!

[…this is something that can't possibly go wrong.

K'pandolu nods, ears flicking forward for a moment.]

I suppose, if matters were that terrible there… people's spirits would be rather dimmed. [certainly that was the case with All Saint's Wake.] Limited how? [she tilts her head, disconcerted. He seems the right age for the Starlight Celebration…]

Prepared- ah! Yes. One moment…

[she rummages through her inventory pockets for a moment, and produces a box.]

For you.

[and inside is a pair of garnet earrings, with a note in careful handwriting that says simply 'For strength'.]