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[You might be able to blame that on the pearl. Either it knows it's in danger or she's just had a lot of greed build up on something that already makes you want to keep it. Kind of a hard combination to fight.
She draws a breath when he arrives. It's not the happiest she's ever looked to see him, but she squares her jaw and lifts her hand, but it's still curled into a fist, protecting the pearl even as she tries to offer it. There's also a tremble to her arm that she's not about to admit, but she definitely feels it.
It takes everything just to do this, so words can be a thing that happens later.]