❝ my queen, i believe i have something that belongs to you. ❞ in hand dangles a necklace stolen from her chambers, and not by his hand. if it were anyone else, he would deny knowledge and pocket it for himself. but ashelia was someone important to him, and the moment he caught sight of the necklace on the darkened markets in rabanastre's low streets — he had to return it to its rightful owner. ❝ it may be worth securing your wares a bit more, my queen. ❞
"I..." Ashe trails off, hand fluttering to her throat as if said necklace had been there just moments before.
She had not even noted the item missing, had simply thought it was misplaced. To know it had been taken...
To most, it might just seem a valuable necklace. But it is more the sentimental reasons she treasures it, one of the few pieces of jewelry she has that had belonged to her mother. There was no way he could know of the significance the necklace holds for her, but to see it in his hands, returned, is a relief.
She reaches out, tenderly taking the necklace in her hands. "Thank you, Balthier. Truly." She offers him a slight smile, a friendly teasing on her lips. "Perhaps if I were made more aware of the all the places one such as yourself can find their way in, then I would have less to fear thieves making off with my wares?"
