[ He can keep his hold on her waist as long as she can still get to her pocket... she reaches in to pull out a sword tassel in Vasilios' style, although the one she gives him is made of red and black thread. The ornament is a gold sunburst with a ruby at the center, one of the earrings she was wearing on the day of their arrival, when they met. ]

Normally you'd hang it on a sword, but... I wasn't able to make the cording as sturdy with what we have here, so it might not hold up to something like that.