That's a good idea! It can be a sort of...wearable memory. No, that sounds worse out loud than I thought it would. A good luck charm, at least.

[She turns to face Shiro, regarding him for a long moment before she--imitating the gesture of greeting he offered before--holds out her hand.]

I'm very glad that I met you tonight, Shiro, even if it had to be by way of me making a fool of myself. I don't want to keep you from your kin and if mine come looking for me I'll never hear the end of it, but...Despite the unfortunate circumstances that indebted me to you, I'm glad that I may come to know you as friends before the Pilgrimage is over.

[Of course, having voiced the sentiment, she now feels that familiar tinge of embarrassment, first at speaking so openly from the heart, and then at the possibility that the handshake is reserved only for greetings and nothing else.]

Oh...um...is that greeting gesture you did...does it apply in parting as well, or--?