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XanaSnape 
Kazimeriz took the wand absently and watched her as she opened the package - the returned items, and the present inside. He gave a sheepish shrug as she looked at him.
"It is ancient magic, a protection amulet... handed down through my family. It was to be my Penelope's-- my daughter's-- when she came of age. I... I never got the chance to..." he shook his head, blinking hard again, casting that thought away or he would break down sobbing in front of the whole student body. He took a shaky breath. Better. "I would like you to have it. It is... it will not protect you on its own, of course. You must learn to do that. But... I would like you to have it, to wear it. For--" For me. He shrugged. "--to watch over you." He smiled again, almost shyly, as though he were asking a great favor of her.
Cela marvelled at the amulet, the badge in her other hand temporarily forgotten. "One day, could you tell me about her, Professor?" She looked up at him, her tone full of respect and something else. There was also a slight twinkle of her old inquisitive self returned, almost as if it came with the gift.
"Could you... help me?" She held up the amulet and sort of gestured at her neck. She was allowed to wear it now? The sapphire was full of indistinct images around her right then, like she, or the sapphire was surrounded by something.
She glanced at Jake, the surprise on her face obvious when he went away. Where was he...?