Hah. So this is the route we go down, substituting value for sentiment. It's better than nothing, I suppose.

[ but if he were to impress emotional value to it somehow, if that might somehow increase its efficacy as a focus ... it was neither this tome nor this sword that did it, back then.

yet in a way, the truth that this tome represents... might that be enough? his gaze flickers to the side for a moment's thought, mouth pressing thin before going slack again in a deliberate ease. robin turns a thoughtful, if wan smile back towards kurapika. ]

What about you? What is it that you've contemplated using?