The crystal feels like an open-palmed slap to the face, like a blaster bolt to the center of her chest. Muscles tense and lungs pause, heartbeat struggling to continue its rhythm deprived of oxygen. Verdant eyes oscillate back and forth between the sparkling gem and the look on his face -

So determined, so fervent, so .. devastated.

Her hands begin to lower, fingers starting to relax. She remembers the necklace. She remembers her mother. She remembers the weight of the crystal against her neck.

"She gave it to me, on Lah'mu," she confirms, voice helplessly small.