Valuable
Elphaba carefully packed her belongings for the Emerald City, only placing the essentials inside her bag. She opened her closet to check for anything she'd forgotten, and the hat fell to her feet.
Picking it up, she couldn't bring herself to stuff it back in. Though it was a roundabout path, the hat had helped to cement her first friendship. It was all she had that tied her to this new life, once she was eager to return to. After a moment's hesitation she placed it in her bag - like the bottle, it was too valuable to leave behind.