I nodded and finished my meal, returning to my room and sitting on my wonderful, comfy bed. It wasn't long before Vivian joined me. I chewed at my lip a bit, nervous. If she was using the necklace, she might not be in her right mind!

"Um, Vivian," I began, "You hid my necklace, right? You haven't been... using it, by any chance, have you? I only ask because you look a little bit beat up... what happened to your neck?" In truth, I was wondering whether her sweatsuit was concealing some sort of wounds as well. If so, there were two possibilities... either she was using the necklace a lot, way more than I ever had, or the necklace was working differently for her than it had for me. The necklace had healed me, after all - it hadn't left any marks on my body...