What is the oddest gift you have ever been given?
I haven't had that many gifts, not since I was 14. My mum and I used to give each other small presents for birthdays and the Festival of Light, that was it really. After I started working in my chosen profession, I could have given her jewels or artwork or cash but she always said she preferred something I'd made rather than stolen. When I escaped from CF1 and got back too late--never said goodbye in the holding cells, just promised her I'd be back,and I was, but too late--I found she'd kept all of them, the silly painted mugs and plates I'd made of clay and dried behind the radiator, the hand-drawn cards, paper flowers, little trinket boxes full of things I'd found like shells or stones or dried flowers from Outside... Most of the things she got me were practical like clothes, but when I was 12 she bought me a chain in the street market. I still wear that though I almost lost it on Goth; had to pick that sod Gola's pocket to get it back. It's got a golden Homeworld crystal on it now, so it's something that will always remind me of the two people who mean the most to me.
That wasn't what you asked though, is it?
Avon just reminded me about stealing Blake's watch in the holding cells and going for his wallet. Yeah, it was petty and not the sort of thing a professional of my calibre sinks to but I wanted to establish myself as both harmless and useless. It worked well too--a bit too well in Avon's case.
So I think, after all that, the oddest gift I ever got was Blake's trust.
