[sylvanSpider]

Anuli watched as the boy took out the crystal once more to write on it this time? Apparently the crystals had more uses than just spells and stuff. You could write on them too, which made no sense to Anuli, but then, who was she to judge? "I'm in for art. Painting is my passion, but I'm worried that I could have just skipped the whole school thing. It'd amount to the same either way, right? It's not like being educated will help my paintings sell better," she said, hints of regret lingering around the edges of her voice.

"The way it's looking, these dead end jobs are going to be my future," she said with a bitter laugh. She looked back to the crystal now marked up with Bale's notes, "You really would do that for a stranger? Thank you...Now, let's hope it works, yes?"