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"Woah.." Her eyes widened as the gift was explained. As Nimia seemed unharmed, Fiadah finally reached in to pull out the other pendant. With a brief hesitation, her fingers touched the pendant itself. It instantly began to glow again, and she was stunned into silence. Who would give them such a valuable gift, and why?

"Anything else?" She reached into the box and felt around. Her fingers touched a thin roll of paper, which she immediately yanked out and untied to read. The paper was plain save for a delicate scrawl right in the center. "Bound by one blood, and bonded by love. Remember forever to take care of each other." she read out loud. "One blood? What the heck? ..This doesn't even rhyme." She looked at her sister with confusion, and froze as an idea sparked in alcohol fogged mind. Nimia, her half-sister. Could it be their-? No. No, that was ridiculous. "Imagine if it was our mom," she mused without realizing she was talking out loud.

Calliana - 6

"Bound by one blood, bonded by love..." Calli murmured, her eyes taking in the lilting script. With her nieces focused on one another Calli was able to get a good look at the hand writing. While she couldn't be sure it definitely seemed feminine enough so maybe it was their mom. That would...Spirits, she couldn't imagine what that would mean for them. She'd never asked about what their home lives were like before living with her brother and his husband so...would this be a gift or an unwanted burden?

"Was she..." How could she even ask this? "Your mother...was she still living when you left? Would she be able to find you?"

Calliana - 7

When Fiadah looked up at her she shrugged. It wasn't as if she had any answers. The gift could have been from anyone but now that the words had been spoken...Well, it wasn't as if she could think of anything else!

But that was putting a lot of pressure on her nieces and now this seemed like a personal moment. "Well as lovely as this has been I think it's time for me to retire. Big day tomorrow, you know? Big day of...something I'm sure." She gave them both a smile - one that wasn't totally awkward, oh no - and slipped away back toward 'her' room.