Ginny snatched her hand back as if she has been burnt. A cuff link dipped in poison? No, thank you she would like to keep her hands intact, it was a good thing that Akris told her about it before she touched them or else her fingers would have been burnt, since the poison of basilisk might not be harmful to humans upon touch but she was a Siren, her skin would have been scalded with the smallest touch.
" Miss Ginny, didn't you say that you were a woman? Then can you tell me why would a woman send their fiancé—— a cuff link that seemed to have been soaked with basilisk's blood?" began Akris with a sort of gentle voice. " Because I have been trying to understand the meaning of this gift but I cannot seem to fathom it, can you break it up for me?"