...Yeah, I'm not going to be writing any forewords or afterwords on letter Z. You'll just be allowed to enjoy.

Thanks to: Jen Kritique and Teal Phoenix for last chapter's reviews, as well as all past, present and future reviewers!

A question for you all: if letter 'N', Nadir, was the Signers' lowest point, what then will Z be...? Hee-hee.

-Of Few Words-

-Yours-

"Here. For you."

Jack blinked incredulously. "What, this? But it's..."

Luna blushed.

"I know it's not much. But I thought... maybe you'd like to give it to someone special."

His face reddened. "Well... I ... just..." He pulled himself together upon noticing the girl's downtrodden expression. "Luna. I like your gift."

Her eyes brightened. "You do?"

Luna's 'gift' was a silver locket, held on a long, pearl-blue chain. It had a small round "door" which opened to a space just right for a photo.

"I do. It means a lot to me, that you would give me this... isn't it yours?"

Luna nodded shyly. "My father gave it to my mother... he told her it meant that he considered her special. They got married a few months after he gave it to her. I used to play with it when I was younger."

The mental image of a young, innocent Luna playing with a locket made Jack smile. "Don't... give me something so precious."

"But I want to, Jack." Her eyes were wide and trusting, ever a child's. "You're my friend... and I'd like you to give it to someone you care about. So it's yours."

Jack wrestled with himself, but finally did accept the little girl's heartfelt gift. Even as he put it around his own neck, he imagined putting a picture of himself in it and then hanging it around the neck of... His face heated again.

Unfortunately, Luna caught him in the act.

"Are you going to put a picture of yourself in it?" she asked, very innocently.

"I might." Why won't this stupid blush go away?

"Will you give it to a girl?" Still innocent.

"If I fancy one." What was she leading up to?

Luna now smiled slyly, and dropped her bomb. "How about Carly?"

What? I - I - she - how does she - ?

Jack growled in half-shock, half-disgruntlement.

"Why, you! You've been spying on me. Thought you could soften me up with a gift, then find out whether or not I'm interested in Carly! Just when I was convinced that you were nothing but cute and fluffy..."

He leapt for Luna, who squealed and ran. While he was secretly amused at her tactics for trying to gain sympathy, there was no way he would ever tell her that.

"You devious little girl!"

"Eeee!" Luna ducked, then yelped as he scooped her up and swung her around. "Jack, Jack! I'm sorry! I won't spy on you again! I promise!"

"I don't believe you." He shook her, playfully.

"Di-i-i-izzy!"

"That doesn't faze me."

"Ja-a-a-ack! Come on, let me down! I promised!"

"It's yours."

Carly Nagisa's glasses fell off her nose when she jumped in surprise (Jack caught them), displaying her wide blue eyes. "Jack! What is... where... ?"

"A locket, with my picture... so I can be with you always. At least then you'll stay out of trouble." He chucked her gently on her dark-green head. "From a friend."

She sighed as Jack placed it just as gently around her neck. "It's so beautiful. And it came from a friend?"

"A cute one."

"Oh, Jack!" Carly laughed, knowing his brand of humor even when others did not. Then her eyes blinked several times in wonder. "It's just... amazing."

His violet eyes gleamed. "And it has quite a promising history..."