L O S T
She grinned somewhat timidly up at him as he informed her of how evil she was, willing into existence some unseen halo that might all together prove him wrong. Sadly Asha had never been one for illusions, only seeing through them, so her attempts were for naught. As the necklace was brought about her neck, and the crystal settled upon her chest, she felt momentarily breathless and struggled to keep up her standard intake of air. Heart skipping a beat. Whether from the gesture itself or the coldness of the crystal she was not sure, but it took her a second to recover from either way.
For a moment she considered toying with him, claiming that he had gifted her the crystal as so now it belonged to her, or something to that effect, but sadly it simply wasn't in her to do so. So she meekly nodded in response, not daring to look at those who lingered around them, and hastily followed in his footsteps. She held his hand tightly as they pressed on through the streets of Cloud City, all pretense of a nobler air done away with in seconds. Asha was honestly glad, she had never been one for pretending to be someone else.
When they finally came upon another suspended, secluded plaza she let out a soft sigh and released the tension which had been built up with the spectacle. She reached up, gently releasing the clasp which held the necklace in place and returned the crystal to its rightful owner. "I didn't mean to embarrass you," she confessed, "I simply couldn't help myself... Would you believe me if I told you I'd wanted to do that since last we stood in one of these pesky plazas?"
She slumped down onto one of the benches, and patted the seat at her side. In truth she had been waiting to make sure it was okay to do so, to know where they truly stood. Joke or not the open invitation simply had to be capitalized upon, or else she was worried she'd never build up the courage to again. Not that he had to know that, of course... For all the wonders it beheld, for all the knowledge it contained, at times her mind was a strange beast in and of itself. A near constant battle fought between herself.
"I'm not sure how it works, exactly. Do we meditate upon it? Draw from it amidst a traditional Force Heal?" She knew of it, it was a legend she never really anticipated seeing in her lifetime, but the hows of it eluded her. Still, between the two of them they could surely figure it out.
... Right?