The anithrope boy seemed more than happy to tell Ijemaru the story. He'd figured that might be the case: he seemed glad to do any sort of talking. Also as he'd hoped, after describing how he'd come across it, the boy pulled the object in question out of his pocket.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">"caught my eyes. I have no idea what it's for, but I'm sure they wouldn't use it for any kind of good!"</span><br/><br/>The human narrowed his eyes at the object, a reaction that could mean a vast number of things. Meanwhile, the squirrel boy continued talking:<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">"Do you know anything about magic? 'Cause, even if you don't know anything about this thing, I'd love to see some spells performed! Once a magic-user told me that I talked to much and magicked me into a tree. I begged him to do it again, but he just ignored me..."</span><br/><br/>"Oh, I know quite a lot about magic," the human answered playfully. "It's been an obsession of mine for some time now. Unfortunately, I'll have to disappoint you on both accounts: I can't actually use magic myself, and... I quite honestly have no idea what that is." Black heard this from where he was walking a bit away, and gave a sidelong glance at his master, hoping for some explanation at least. Luckily for him, the boy had decided to talk for a bit more.<br/><br/>"As far as I can tell," Ijemaru continued, "if I don't know about it, then it must meet one of the three explanations: first, it's completely useless and unimportant. I know that's not it because there's no way a bunch of demons would want it so badly if that's the case. That leaves the last two reasons: either it's undocumented... or it's something top secret." The boy paused then, turning to rejoin his companion. "Oh, for the record," he added over his shoulder, "Black<span style="font-style: italic">can</span>use magic." As he turned away he smirked, laughing internally at what might come of that comment.<br/><br/>From where he was, Black glared at his master from the corners of his eyes.<span style="font-style: italic">Thanks. Send the loudest, most annoying person in the group right for me. Jerk.</span>