Tzirret's mouth slowly settled back into a frown as Peiter mentioned that they probably would not be staying for very long.

"Peiter is right, I think," Sabine added with a wide smile, "the girl who gets that necklace will be lucky."

After Peiter and Sabine finished, Tzirret looked up and spoke gratefully, "I don't know, the thought is still scary." He reached and retrieved the necklace, putting it back into his pocket, "But, thank you for offering to help, Peiter."

While the necklace explained what Tzirret had been doing with his time, his expression was still uncharacteristic. When he was nervous, it was clearly visible, but now and over the past few days, he had just been distant and flat. This had struck Sabine such that she wanted to push the issue. "Is there anything else, Tzirret? You have not been talking much lately."

"No, just tired, like he said," Tzirret said, his small smile returning. Gallus could see that he was holding onto his pendant in his pocket, but he knew that if there were any problems, Tzirret would let him know.