[ Oh?

Odile considers him and obvious hint to change her address, smile curling slightly. If he's sure, then... It seems losing the wager against himself was worthwhile. ]

I'd argue it does, but let me put it this way -- it has outlived its usefulness as a title for you, for opportunity has been found and seized. It's fitting you would leave it behind with a new path just ahead.

[ She's always liked it for him truthfully, from a meaning perspective -- gemstones are precious in her culture, and each one is special in its own way, but at the same time-- ]

You see, gemstones in Ka Bue are a funerary rite; when someone dies, we cremate the bodies and turn them into a gemstone that best represents them or their life. [ From Kakavasha to Aventurine was, to her, a living gravestone of who he had been, of what his sister asked him to be to survive the rest. The reverse, then... ] One doesn't tend to revive like a phoenix does from those very ashes, but... you've always been bright, Kakavasha. I feel fortunate to have met you as both.