"I have it, one moment--" She tips the crystal out of the cover and into her hand, and she swears, for a moment, there's a touch of black-tinged static that zaps her hand. Unprepared for the shock, the crystal tumbles out of her hand, bounces off the tool step, and slips away from her as it goes over the side of the ladder. "get that, I want to look at it later."

Trusting that they would, she replaces the cover, loosely, and then steps down the ladder, shaking out her right hand. "Little wolf bit me."