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Temperance reached out and grabbed his hand after watching in mute horror as the silver stone sunk into his skin. "Zac! What was that - does it hurt?" Screw going home - well, she knew they should probably leave, but....

"It's impatient?" Temperance looked horrified. What if it was some kind of parasite, living under his skin, breeding or waiting to pop out for some nefarious reason? At least it didn't seem contagious.

Zac looked rather green. She dropped his hand. "Okay, we can go, but I want to take a good look at your hand when we get back." It'd be nice if she could run an ultrasound or x-ray over his hand, but she didn't think she could think of a plausible excuse.