<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/6/68/B143ef625b323da0d34435cd3e5e1b52c4f8f117d8dae1a6b1c080fcfcb73d6c.jpg)</div><strong>Sanja</strong>(https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iaJaDaJ8DzyYgO_Xkca8Jc0KFS-Jg0BmdAGbEDhr9-o/edit)<br/><br/>Sanja took Taitha's arm and lead their guest to the edge of the dining room.  She briefly reported to the security on duty where she was taking their honored guest.<br/><br/>Then she lead Talitha deeper into the manse, through spartanly appointed halls clearly constructed with an eye to defense.<br/><br/>She came to a metal door and opened it by bringing a rune stone to a crystal.  The door slid smoothly to one side revealing a big workshop with three tables, several concealed shelves and bins, a few connecting doors, and an adjoining room with a cot and a little table.  Luminous crystals gave the workshop a steady white light.  Unlike the crystals in the hallways, all of them were intact.  Only one of the work benches was occupied.  The item on it—looking something like a ballistic tackled by a fiber-optic tumbleweed—took up most of the space.  “I'm going to have to clean it up a lot before I can get a serious idea of how much restoration it needs,” She explained.  “Note the three canisters at the back, on the bottom?  Alchemcial fuel tanks.  When I fix the right one and mend them all, they would let the weapon be operated by a mortal—or at least let an essence user operating it conserve their essence.