Wondering passingly what the piece of bark, the talisman itself, really was, Valen still silently had to agree to himself, the power of the talisman was intriguing and beneficial in a manner that he could certainly approve of. So he held onto the horse as he moved ahead, wondering passingly what the talisman would show once the day turned to night, but if he had a half day's journey to the destination, he had time for wondering now as well as later. Passingly he wondered about inscribing the new spell to his spellbook, but it would have to wait till he had this matter settled and at a rest, perhaps when he was back to the owl-tengu and returning the man his horse.<br/><br/>He figured he might end up paying extra if things went as they might, but yet silently knew that either way, the trip would have been already rewarding, and he simply sought to get the answers ahead. His hands touched at his side, the pouch that held the stones from the reading about the future, silently wondering about them, and their meaning as well.<br/><br/>So many things still waiting to be revealed.