𝐈𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐘 𝐅𝐎𝐑 her to discern the slight annoyance in his tone when he watched her sulk over a broken trinket. It might have seemed ridiculous, but to her, it was one of the few memories she had from their time in Europe. It meant something to her, which was why she seemed so discouraged when the clasp of her bracelet broke and caused the chain of beads to scatter at her feet. Having gathered each and every bead of it again, along with the pieces and charms that had rolled on the ground with it, she sat upon the floor with those pieces laid out ahead of her, trying to put it back together herself. He must have heard her many groans and curses, or could see how distraught she was over it. When he offered to help, she decided not to argue against him. “Fine, but if you mess up my progress, I’m going to turn you into a little toad.” It was clearly a joke, knowing how powerful he was against the tricks of the trade he had taught her. He could sooner turn her into a sheep that followed him around than she could turn him into a frog, or so she believed when she picked herself up from the floor to sit upon the couch. “You don’t remember this, do you? You got me this in the witchy epicenter of Paris. They swore it was enchanted with a protective spell, while you claimed it wasn’t. You had an entire debate with them over it. Told them you knew the difference. It became a whole ordeal before you spelled it yourself for me. It has meaning for me. I just hope it breaking doesn’t mean that hell and high water is waiting for us once we step outside this place.”