"As soon as it is reasonable, I don't expect you to dash back if you are in the middle of something grand and life-threatening, but I would like to study a shard if the opportunity presents itself. In exchange, one of these experiments will be yours." The elf nod at the question, smiling relaxedly. "There is no hidden bindings, no secret costs, and if you choose that its too dangerous and take the trinket anyway, I will just consider my good will taken advantage of in that case, and accept it as my loss." Shrugging a little, the elf looked at him hopefully however.<br/><br/>"I mean no harm by it, I merely wish to understand something that powerful, how the magic in a form beyond mortal coil has come together, to perhaps understand and bind magics stronger into some other items in time."<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC: Sense Motive</div><div class="spoiler_body">As far as Marric can tell, the elf is genuinely interested in the shard, and for the reason the elf is claiming. There is no real feel of falsehood in the statements the elf has made.</div></div>