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[mind_overmatter]

Make that one ale, one water.

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[wildnobility]

Finally, he can feel the cool stones as they clack together in his grip, just as he flings himself upright to look almost offended at Lee.

"Haven't even given it t'you and you're already trying t' turn it away?" He turns to face her again, but his face melts back into a smile. "Nah, you'll like this though. I think." He still hasn't been entirely confident in the idea of giving it to her, but all things considered...

His hands unfold to present two small crystals, glowing an eerie shade of ultraviolet purple. They're each wrapped expertly in black suede, having been made into necklaces.

"I was tellin' you before how I visited the Dragon Coast, and its mountains? Well, there's a cavern there to the south, overseen by a small population of gnomes who've been so secluded there, they're almost a race've their own. The cavern interior is nothing but these crystals," Alastair holds them up, as if they weren't obvious before, "and the whole thing's lit bright as day. They possess an energy that when they're together, it vibrates and glows -- but only when they're together. They rarely mine the crystals because when they leave the mountains, they stop glowing on their own; they've gotta have a mate of the same crystal."

Alastair takes one necklace to place around his neck. "They're still quite useful, good composition for storing single use spells, infusing, whatever y'want. But on top of that, the gnomes there make necklaces of 'em so that when they wander or travel, they always know when they're close to home. They're oft' given t' children so that when they run off, they can come home."

His grin grows a little crooked, and his gaze falls down to the spare stone in his hand. "So when...when I was there, I had this idea. If I brought one back, it wouldn't glow -- the crystals don't exist up 'ere. Then I'll bring two, right? But I remembered then how we run into each other from time t' time, we never know when or if we're around each other 'til we're face to face. So I decided I'd give one t' you; that way we'll know when we're nearby. Even if we don't meet, I'll still know you're around, you'll know I'm close by."

Does Alastair look a bit...bashful? You'll have to forgive him: he has never kept a friend for this long, and he's still managing that on its own. Needless to say, the mere concept of someone always being around in his life is one he is still toying with.