The Nymph stared at the young administrator who had stepped in front of her and put her hand on his shoulder. Primal horror gripped him for a moment, but then it was replaced by unexpected warmth and tranquility. Thoughts began to get a little confused, as if drunk.
- Your fear can be felt a mile from the Citadel, young seeker of knowledge. But we are not to be feared. You are in much more trouble with the Order right now. As the Benefactor rightly pointed out, they are not our problem for now.
Then something happened. A heavy silence reigned in the Nymph's mind. All the Harbinger felt was something between anger and disappointment. She distanced herself from the young administrator and froze like a statue. The thoughts of the Nymph and her Bearer were no longer audible to the Harbinger and others from the delegation.
She proceeded to one of the artifacts recovered from the city. Suddenly, she began to behave like a puppet. Her movements became unnatural, devoid of any lively emotional coloring, just like her face. Her eyes lit up with a purple haze, and her voice was distorted beyond recognition. Only Revenant and Harbinger were able to feel Eris in husk of Nymph. She must have decided to control everything personally.
The hand of "Nymph" sank onto a crystalline object resembling a triangle in its structure, from which it began to glow. Her gaze froze on it. It was a crystalline structure. Its corners were flanked by an unknown metal, the surface of which was dotted with engraved Daam'K'Vosh symbols. It emitted a faint throb, resonating with the minds of the Dreamers here.
She turned to Revenant. - Our Father, the Simurgh, was very kind, wasn't he? You have learned a lot from our heritage... Did you really extract the whole of it with his permission?
*** This is it. Come here, Harbinger. We feel, this is important. Is this one was the matter of our seekings? ***
She removed the object from it pedestal, but it did not stop glowing. For a few more seconds, she gazed at the object, fascinated, and then handed it to the Harbinger.
