You really have a way of making characters feel "alive", @spalatino.
First your story "Donkey", and now here... You really manage to give your characters something that we can all cling on to.
Very, very well done!

Did she honor Tobly in that way, or was it just that she could not bare to look at me anymore. I don't know, but I don't blame her.

Loved that part especially.

Thank you very much for your entry.

Edit:
Oh and.. I'm rather happy you didn't try to conceal what the item is. Knowing what it is made the story all that much more immersive.