Neil froze up as he steeled himself. He looked worried as he answered:
“It is made only for Disciples of Kallox, so I don’t thi—” he tried, but…
“Yeah, yeah, just give it here, let me check it out,” Jake said, waving his hand expectantly.
Neil sighed in defeat as he lifted it up from beneath his robes and placed it together with its chain in the owner’s open palm.
From behind his mask, Jake could see the orb and first noted how small it was. Identify, however, confirmed that it indeed was an extraordinary item in many ways. The grade alone made it very desirable.
“Neat,” he said as he gave it back to Neil.
The young man just stared back at him in confusion and then down to the orb that was back in his own hands. “That’s it?”
“What? Oh, I don’t want it. I can’t use it anyway, and eve
