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Suddenly, the whales blast their sonar for attention yet again. The crowd turns, and while you turn with them, you are also careful to stay a fair distance back. Elho approaches, and Ichtare bows to the giant whale. Elho speaks, great booming words: "We have found you worthy of maintaining the alliance. Come and accept this Eternity Orb as a symbol of our rededication to bestowing the gift."

Elho's stomach muscles heave and his mouth opens. The water tastes passingly acrid, but the only thing that is released is the Eternity Orb itself, covered in a fresh coat of waxy orange lacquer. The crowd cheers. You don't much feel like joining in. Ichtare hands the Orb off to some guards to return it to its chamber in the city, and the party goes back to its reveling.