The Arcane Tower pt. 3

'Was that a mummified hand-- claw?'

It seemed that it wasn't just me who noticed the thing. Nathan and I stopped in front of a marble podium, as high as my waist, with the mummified claw encased inside a velvet box. The iron plate said it was apparently a gorgon's claw. See, I have no idea what a gorgon is but this thing is wild. I mean, if you can just see those blackened nails? That leathery dried-up skin with scales in them? It looked sharp as hell it could definitely pierce someone without effort. And it's creepy too.

Both of us are looking at someone's or something's severed hand right now. For some, it might look ghastly. But to me, it was nothing short of intriguing. It made me curious about its origins and what these gorgons truly are. I have never heard of them before, nor does it belong to this world's myth. But who knows? Ultimately, I still have a lot to learn.