H-521: Cap Isle, Victory Hotel, Private Room
The design and provenance of the piece are not familiar to Lia. There are some tiny markings on the back of the bail, but she will need her loupe to read them. The stone is of high quality but has some minor damage – not enough to mar it in casual viewing, but small scratches and wear that stands out to Lia’s eye. The setting has been cleaned recently, but even that can’t conceal the wear on the exposed edges. Definitely hand-crafted – by someone who knew what they were doing. Lia’s sense is this is an old piece, but not quite like anything she has seen before. She’s not able to evaluate it properly without a proper study at her bench and maybe with reference books (I assume she would have collected a small digitised technical library of some technical manuals on a widget, yes?)
I would assume she would have something of that kind, yes. Whatever she would need to complete a proper evaluation of pieces like this.
She will take it out of the box to study it in the light.
When her attention reverts back to Raina, her expression is very hard to read.
“Why are you giving this to me?”