He runs back to Jean-Paul, yelling, “I found something. It’s part of the object.”
Jean-Paul looks at the fragment with Peter. Finds where it might have fit on the object, and remarks, “This may mean that the object could have split over time. There may be more fragments or even more sizeable pieces of the object here, or anywhere along the path of the descendants of the originators.” Incredibly excited inside, but his serene self on the outside, Jean-Paul takes his MoxPad+ and EM detector back to the truck to chase his idea.
Peter makes a belt by ripping up his undershirt, fastens the object fragment securely around his belly, and puts his tunic back on. He has what he has come for. A fragment of the object to bring back to Pappy. His mission is done here. He looks back to the northern k
