A moment of longing rocked the immediate area, making Ondua rub his temples from the spiritual pressure headache. The healer that returned with his wife had tried to teach him the technique reluctantly taught to Zonnel and the merchant girl, but while he was more of a spiritualist than anything else… neither of them were exactly good teachers. Not when they wanted nothing more than to flirt with each other in his home!
"Anyway, when I asked where the Crystal had gone… she just shrugged and said 'dunno, this mine' before running off with it in hand. Giggling each time it clattered on the floor. Happy, as it became more and more tangled."
"Well, that's fairly standard mischief for her age, no?"
"She'd then tied it like a collar to the neck of that fox."
"That creature is still around the estate? I guess it really was too spoiled."
