Golden light rippled from Kaelen’s slippers as he reached into his bathrobe pocket.
He pulled out two jade-banded pills, holding them out to Sera and Mina.
The aroma of honey and roasted pine nuts filled the dry shaft of air between the fractured basalt walls.
“Eat them,” Kaelen said mildly. “They are still warm from the cauldron.”
Sera did not hesitate for a second.
She took the pill and tossed it into her mouth, feeling the jade shell dissolve upon her tongue.
Beside her, Mina swallowed hers with a quick nod, her throat bobbing.
The effect was instantaneous.
