More faces trickled into the clearing but Nayru hardly noticed. Her eyes stayed on Gideon and Saul, waiting for whatever cue one of them would give her to let the lady know what to do next. This was all new to her, she had never know anyone to celebrate a mateship before and how that was done she simply didn't know. Her parents had already been mates, when Conor and Bris began a family they had never officially announced it. A fleeting feeling of sorrow washed over her as she realized that neither the lavender eyed man nor the snow-white woman was here to see her and Gideon now. Conor had been a father and Bris a mother to her once; now one was dead and the other a reoccurring ghost at best. Yet she did not let the feeling sink in, for soon Gideon was leading her into the clearing and Saul's voice was raining down on her and all of sudden they were in the middle of the ceremony.
When Saul asked out-loud whether they would take one another Nayru nearly giggled. Hadn't that already been determined? Already she had declared herself to Gideon, and so when it came her turn to answer Nayru could not answer out loud. Her ever quiet voice failed her more than usual and lips parted in a silent "yes" but her nod was confirmation enough. With that finished Saul Stormbringer quickly joined the two together, both with words and the ribbon he looped about their wrists, binding the pair physically to one another. With that he slipped a necklace over Nayru's head and the girl barely had time to finger the fine jewelry before Saul stepped back and allowed others to come and greet them.
While Nayru smiled almost shyly at the others, her eyes lingered over Gideon and his words comforted the female who strangely felt jittery with all the attention she was receiving just then. When the man murmured "I love you" and slipped the box into her hand. Nayru opened the gift and smiled up at the man. It matched both the necklace she wore almost always, and also the hue of her eyes. Thank you. The soft words fell only on Gideon's ears as she stood on tip toe to both whisper to him and nip the tip of his ear simultaneously. Guess we're stuck together, huh? And that was fine with her.