Despite her reassurance, he almost flinched when she dropped the stone into his hand. When the light went out, it was pretty anticlimactic, actually. "Huh."

He watched as it started to glow again when she picked it up, and then went dead when it was back in his hand. "Maybe you're the magical one," he joked. Well. It was mostly a joke, anyway. He handed the stone back to her when their coffees were placed on the counter and thanked the barista.