2 Days Later

1b.
Arayanna: Hey there beautiful. Whatcha up to?
Maeye: Mr. Bear is helping me figure something out.

2a.
Arayanna: Oh he is, is he?
Maeye: Yea, sort of.
Arayanna: You ask him questions and he answers them?
Maeye: No silly. He's a bear. He doesn't talk.
2b.
Maeye: If I think about something, I get a sense from him on whether or not he thinks my idea is smart or stupid.
Arayanna: Really?
Maeye: Yea. It's hard to explain, but that's basically the gist of it.
Maeye: And it only works for things he knows about. So sometimes he's just a big warm cushion.
B: Rrrrrrr.

3a.
Arayanna: Ok. So what are you two thinking about?
Maeye: Well, we've got a pretty good idea by now that Sha'ag's baby is spiritually anchored...
Arayanna: Spritually anchored?
Maeye: Yea...I came up with that. You like it?
Arayanna: I do. Please continue.
Maeye: So, since Sha'ag's baby is spiritually anchored here, that means Sha'ag needs to stay here too. Which means I need to give her power
at least every other day. Which means when we leave for Foyyt...
Arayanna: We have to take Sha'ag and the baby with us. The road is no place for a newborn baby.
Maeye: Right!
Maeye: So, that got me thinking about that staff we found. It stores a ton of energy, but for whatever reason it is super dangerous for people like Sha'ag
and Fiet to touch.
Maeye: So, now I am trying to see if I can store mana in something that Sha'ag can use to juice herself up while we are gone.

4a.
Arayanna: Maeye, that's brilliant.
Maeye: Yea, well, it ain't that brilliant.
Maeye: I can put mana into this rock , but it won't stay for more than a couple of minutes.
4b.
Arayanna: Well maybe the problem is in the vessel.

5a.
Arayanna: Fiet's summoning stone is a black opal, and Sha'ag's is red amber.
Maeye: And Mr. Bear's is a piece of bone.
5b.
Arayanna: There were a whole bunch of giant skulls and different kinds of bones at The Merchant's house. I thought he was just a really creepy decorator,
but maybe he collects those things to make summoning tokens.
Maeye: Mr. Bear thinks we are on the right path.

6a.
Arayanna: Where can we get some good bones?
Maeye: There is a closet full of old deer and elk mounts at The Red Barrel!
6b.
Arayanna: I am always up for a good ale with good company. Let's go.

7a.
Arayanna: Maeye, I just had an idea.
Maeye: You want to go skinny-dipping in that lake? I think that's a fabulous idea!
7b.
Arayanna: No. That was not my idea.
Arayanna: Although any idea that gets you naked and covered in goosebumps is a good one in my book.

8a.
Arayanna: I was thinking, if we are looking for big, potentially magical bones, what about the skull from the Sloama?
Maeye: Oh yea! That sounds like it would be perfect.
8b.
Maeye: Let's take Korinnisa to see her family!