“Excellent!” Nari exclaimed. “It’s still functional.”
Desa and Kalia shared a glance.
Turning her back on the ancient device, Nari favoured them both with a smile. “The process should be simple,” she went on. “Kalia, I will need you to join me. Together, we will activate the crystals in the stone.”
Kalia stood there in slack-jawed bewilderment. After a moment, she grimaced and shook her head. “There are crystals inside that thing?”
inside“Of course! How do you think it works?”
Hugging herself, Desa rubbed her arms as the damp air sent chills through her body. She turned away from them and shambled to the far side of the cave. “I don’t need a treatise on trans-dimensional technology! Just get it working!”
“Um, Desa?”
“What?”
“The light?”
She paused, realizing that the ring on her l
