“Oh.” Sonata froze and looked at the rose. She took it from Sunset’s hand and twirled it around. “Ouch!”
She had pricked her finger on one of the thorns. Without thinking much of it she put her hurt finger to her mouth. But she smiled at the other woman and giggled. “’hank you!” she told her. “t’s ‘eatiful!”
Sunset seemed to take a seat as she rubbed her chin in thought. Finally she looked at Sonata asking, “Do you have your gem with you?”
“Which one?” she tilted her head. “My broken one or the replacement.”
She pulled the replacement one up on its necklace so Sunset could see it. It was a black ruby, close to what the their red bloodstones had looked like but different in some ways.
“Adagio has the pieces of our broken ones.”
“We’ve tried putting them back together. Nothing works. Not even super glue!!”
“Well, it is a magical artifact. I doubt super glue would hold it together. But… I… I’ll help you.” Sunset said, looking up at Sonata and giving her a small smile. “It’s the least I could do for what I did to Aria.”
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