I-I don't know. It... kinda hurts to breathe, though.

[She looks down at the pendent, noticing the change in its appearance, and gently pokes at the side of it. The metal was cold to the touch. It normally felt so warm, as it should given how close it was to her body, but...]

...you know, I've been told taking the pendent out would kill me. Maybe when they said that, they didn't mean anything to do with magic.