Chapter 493: Proof of Concept
Tala, Rane, and Terry proceeded up the mountain range, making a couple more stops in order to collect stone for Rane.
They were quiet stops as Tala contemplated the Irondalians as well as the other ways in which who she was and who she wished to be actually interacted with humanity—gated and gateless—as well as the rest of Zeme.
She also had the recurring, passing thought that she was still officially an Eskau of the House of Blood. According to the arcane society on this continent, she could show up in any city and demand certain concessions, receive certain courtesies, and have specific rights. This was true because the House hadn’t revoked her status. They had explicitly not revoked it. Because of that, not only would she have those benefits, everything she did, once her status was revealed, would come down upon that House.
She felt like she could use that, even if she still didn’t know how to feel about it over all.
All this and more tumbled through her mind as Rane gave her the space to process, and Kit harvested the stone.
One of the two sources was another spot marked out in the wedding present that they’d received, but the other was a spur of the moment thing.
Rane saw some stone sticking up from the ground and paused to examine it, shearing off small bits in order to test its workability. As it turned out, it had some interesting properties… at least that’s what Rane said.
Tala didn’t really have a deep enough knowledge of either stone or of sculpting to fully grasp what he was explaining as he had excitedly asked for them to harvest some for him.
In both cases, Kit harvested a good amount of the material, leaving Rane with a rather good stock of stone to work with over the coming years.