Oh, Merrill with definitely need a bath after this. Shale has dirt older than her Keeper stuck in their cracks, after all. Mix that with water and it's ancient mud.

Hearing the elf ask about the crystals, the golem shrugs. "They are nature crystals. I found most of them in the Deep Roads." While learning about themselves. About Shayle.

"There were other kinds, but these are... shiny." Well, all crystals were, but they liked that color (and effect) the best.