ooc: Piccola, sweetie. You're female.

"Sweetie, I love you, and I know you don't want to do this. I can see how much the locket is hurting you, and I've been trying to find a way to make it stop or get it away. But I have to take that locket from you. It's the only thing I've got left."

He held up his hands, showing that he wasn't holding his wand. It had been tucked back into its holster shortly after warding his office. Accessible, easily, but even he wasn't sure he could draw it fast enough if she actually cast at him. He continued to move toward her, carefully watching her every move.

"Jasmine, I'm terribly worried about you. About this locket. I want to find out what's going on, but you have to fight it. You have to work with me."