@atknifepoint "Well, there wouldn't b-be any point if I didn't tell you. Th-then it'd just be weird." Onyx shuffles around for a moment, suddenly looking up at him with an almost curious face and then smiling--An actual, genuine smile, not a nervous attempt at diffusing tension or fake happiness. "It's... A tradition where I came f-from. Kind of a secret one." Never amoung the psychics--No, this was a little nugged tumbled along in the "Dirt" of Church Society. Those without powers, 'duds,' outcasts. "So... The w-watch is like... Waiting. It's suposed to symbolize ch-checking the the time to see how much l-longer you have to wait. And it's always a b-broken one, 'cuz you don't have to w-wait anymore, so you d-don't need to keep checking the time. And you, uh, m-move the hands to stay on wh-what time it was when you said the v-vows, because that's when you stopped h-having to wait for..." God, she's not good at sappy stuff. The next bit comes out as a smushed blur-- "Havingtowaitfortruelove." Ew, ew. Topic needs to change. "It w-was my father's. But it b-belongs with you!"