"The necklace"  Could it really be so?  Was she so frustratingly narrow-minded that she hadn't connected the discovery of the bloodstone with Balthazar's appearance.  If that was the case, she connected the two now.  "Yes. . .yes, of course.  I will keep it with me, grandsire."<br/><br/>Her blue eyes focused on a spot at her feet, and the ancient lich could almost imagine that she was considering this new piece of information, wondering if there was some advantage she could gleam from possessing it.  "Will I wake now, Balthazar?"