Looking at the strange talisman silently, Valen wondered whether such a thing would be safe or not, yet at the same time he felt curious on how binding the shopkeeper had made the contract. Well, he was keeping one, so perhaps he might learn more of them in time, and he had not signed a contract he would be selling all of them either, just that if he sold them, he would sell them to that man only.<br/><br/>It did mean his prices would be tied, but unless he found their value to be far more than what he anticipated, he was willing to let it go. The mere fact was that the formal binding made him wonder what made the shopkeeper make it so important. Was there more to it than he could see? He doubted he would learn more for now at least. Perhaps he would study the crystal he still held with time, later.<br/><br/>The talisman in his hand made him feel puzzled, reading the inscription, but after a while he moved to set it down against a calf, trying it on for a size, and trying to wrap it up around the calf then out of curiosity mainly.