234 Meeting to Be

Meld reached her hand out and her fingers locked around the mini brain as she took it from Li.

"This feels…rather strange?" said Meld. "I've not held any seed quite like this."

"Nor would you want to," remarked Sindra.

"I'll explain what this is. It's called the Synarch. You keep it with you, and you can establish a clear line of communication with me just like using a message crystal. You just need to, hm, what was it again?" Li took a second to remember the obscure lore about using message crystals. "Yes, channel some mana into it."

"Ah," said Meld. Her eyes stared forward as the brain wriggled in her palm. "Alas, I do not have mana."

"Right," said Li, remembering that the heroes here did not abide by the same rules as other beings. "Then Cicero, you take it. I also have more of a…contingency plan against you if you mess up as well, so I suppose you are the better choice to begin with."