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... if keeping her eyes on it for some undisclosed amount of time would get it to start talking.

[Okay, first things first. Let's see if we can extract the magic out of this thing.]

She rummaged through her desk drawers, pulling out a small mortar and pestle she had swiped from the kitchen earlier.

[Mom's probably going to wonder where this went, but I'll probably have this back in the kitchen soon... Probably.]

With a steady hand, she placed the crystal in the mortar ...

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