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man."
"Shooting him was probably not the best way to accomplish that," Meghan said sourly.
Sulana's eyes flashed. "You're right, but when the thieves split and ran, they left me little choice. It was getting dark and I couldn't let them escape into the woods. A man fleeing on a horse presents few non-fatal target options."
Meghan glared back at Sulana and took a deep breath. She seemed about to argue the point, but stopped herself. "Well, there's nothing to be done for it now," she said instead.
Sulana lowered her voice. "I'm sorry he's dead. I shouldn't have shot at him, but at the time, it seemed like the only way to end the chase."
We all stood awkwardly for a moment. Daven stepped up behind Sulana to place a comforting hand on her shoulder. Meghan looked into Sulana's eyes and seemed to accept what she saw there. She nodded her head once and folded her arms.
Sulana walked over to take a closer look at the stone box. "This is a lovely piece of work. How did you acquire it?"
"It was a gift from my husband," Meghan said quietly but with pride in her voice. "He loved to work with stone, and that box was the last thing he gave me before he died."
Sulana turned to Meghan and asked, "Did you know it would hide the ring?"
Meghan looked up sharply at Sulana. "No I did not," she replied. "What do you mean by hide ?"
"I have a Seeker that is tuned to the ring. But while the ring was in the box, the Seeker was unable to find it," Sulana said, watching Meghan's reaction closely.
"How delightful!" Meghan clapped her hands together and smiled. She moved over to the box and caressed the lid, a wistful look on her face. "My Jon protects me even now," she muttered.
Sulana glanced toward the front door. "We should get going. We'll take the body with us along with anything he had with him." She reached under her cloak and pulled out a purse. "I can pay you for your care of him. If he had a purse, I'd like to take that with me along with its contents."
Meghan held up a hand. "I don't want your money. The knowledge you have given me about my precious box is worth enough to me. But there is one other thing I would ask of you." Sulana motioned her to continue. "I would like to see for myself how the box defeats the Seeker."
Sulana considered her request and shrugged. "I'd like to see that proven myself."
She took the ruby ring out and handed it to Meghan, who placed it back inside the box. She then produced the Seeker and went through the same routine I'd seen in the clearing. She placed the chain ring on her finger and dangled the Seeker. This time, I was close enough to distinctly hear her say, "Seek." Once again, it emitted a faint, high-pitched tone. The Seeker rotated once on its chain, but nothing else happened. She then said "stop," and the Seeker fell silent.
Sulana removed the Seeker's chain from her finger and looked closely at the device. "I suppose it may have just stopped working for some reason. We'll see."
Meghan retrieved the ruby ring from the box and passed it to Sulana. Sulana looked back and forth between the two objects in her hands, and then up at me. A mischievous smile appeared on her face, and she carefully handed the Seeker to me. "Here, you try it. Just please don't drop it."
I accepted the Seeker from her and held it away from me as if it were a live snake. "What do I do?" I asked uncertainly.
"Just put that ring at the end of the chain on a finger and dangle the Seeker like I did." She said.
Confused by the rapid turn of events, I did what she asked without questioning it. I put the Seeker's ring on my finger and dangled it as she had. Nothing happened. "Now what?" I asked.
"You have to tell it what to do," she explained. "The Seeker does all the work. Just tell it to seek."
I stared at the Seeker and said "seek," as I had heard Sulana do. But nothing happened. "It's not working," I said.
"Think about what you want it to do. Its purpose is to find this ring. Think about that and ask it to seek
"Shooting him was probably not the best way to accomplish that," Meghan said sourly.
Sulana's eyes flashed. "You're right, but when the thieves split and ran, they left me little choice. It was getting dark and I couldn't let them escape into the woods. A man fleeing on a horse presents few non-fatal target options."
Meghan glared back at Sulana and took a deep breath. She seemed about to argue the point, but stopped herself. "Well, there's nothing to be done for it now," she said instead.
Sulana lowered her voice. "I'm sorry he's dead. I shouldn't have shot at him, but at the time, it seemed like the only way to end the chase."
We all stood awkwardly for a moment. Daven stepped up behind Sulana to place a comforting hand on her shoulder. Meghan looked into Sulana's eyes and seemed to accept what she saw there. She nodded her head once and folded her arms.
Sulana walked over to take a closer look at the stone box. "This is a lovely piece of work. How did you acquire it?"
"It was a gift from my husband," Meghan said quietly but with pride in her voice. "He loved to work with stone, and that box was the last thing he gave me before he died."
Sulana turned to Meghan and asked, "Did you know it would hide the ring?"
Meghan looked up sharply at Sulana. "No I did not," she replied. "What do you mean by hide ?"
"I have a Seeker that is tuned to the ring. But while the ring was in the box, the Seeker was unable to find it," Sulana said, watching Meghan's reaction closely.
"How delightful!" Meghan clapped her hands together and smiled. She moved over to the box and caressed the lid, a wistful look on her face. "My Jon protects me even now," she muttered.
Sulana glanced toward the front door. "We should get going. We'll take the body with us along with anything he had with him." She reached under her cloak and pulled out a purse. "I can pay you for your care of him. If he had a purse, I'd like to take that with me along with its contents."
Meghan held up a hand. "I don't want your money. The knowledge you have given me about my precious box is worth enough to me. But there is one other thing I would ask of you." Sulana motioned her to continue. "I would like to see for myself how the box defeats the Seeker."
Sulana considered her request and shrugged. "I'd like to see that proven myself."
She took the ruby ring out and handed it to Meghan, who placed it back inside the box. She then produced the Seeker and went through the same routine I'd seen in the clearing. She placed the chain ring on her finger and dangled the Seeker. This time, I was close enough to distinctly hear her say, "Seek." Once again, it emitted a faint, high-pitched tone. The Seeker rotated once on its chain, but nothing else happened. She then said "stop," and the Seeker fell silent.
Sulana removed the Seeker's chain from her finger and looked closely at the device. "I suppose it may have just stopped working for some reason. We'll see."
Meghan retrieved the ruby ring from the box and passed it to Sulana. Sulana looked back and forth between the two objects in her hands, and then up at me. A mischievous smile appeared on her face, and she carefully handed the Seeker to me. "Here, you try it. Just please don't drop it."
I accepted the Seeker from her and held it away from me as if it were a live snake. "What do I do?" I asked uncertainly.
"Just put that ring at the end of the chain on a finger and dangle the Seeker like I did." She said.
Confused by the rapid turn of events, I did what she asked without questioning it. I put the Seeker's ring on my finger and dangled it as she had. Nothing happened. "Now what?" I asked.
"You have to tell it what to do," she explained. "The Seeker does all the work. Just tell it to seek."
I stared at the Seeker and said "seek," as I had heard Sulana do. But nothing happened. "It's not working," I said.
"Think about what you want it to do. Its purpose is to find this ring. Think about that and ask it to seek
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