Terra, you and I have our Mark of Mastery exams tomorrow. I made us good luck charms.

[Her voice sounds happy, but forced. This is a tough thing to relive, knowing how things turned out the last time.]

...Somewhere out there, there's this tree with star-shaped fruit, and the fruit represents an unbreakable connection. So long as you and your friends carry good luck charms shaped like it, nothing can ever drive you apart.

[And now her voice is wavering. Badly.]

So promise me. No matter where we go, no matter whether we pass or fail this exam, no matter what happens--we'll always find a way back to each other. That we won't let anything get in the way of our friendship.

[Then she manages to get her voice back under control.]

Sorry if that sounded a little weird. I guess I'm just nervous about the exam...