"Nice toys." Lith refused to admit defeat. "Where did you get the idea, and what are they made of?"
"Fine, I'll play along." Brinja turned to look at the blue gemstone of her amulet and took off her glasses. "I didn't make those toys and have no idea what they are made of. Manohar, I mean, Dhiral gifted them to Milla after their last playdate.
"He called them 'an interactive aid to grasp the elemental structure of the world around us'. He said he shaped them from some kind of foam he grew himself. I was too stunned to follow the rest of his lecture."
"You're kidding, right?" Lith could see the first magic rune of each element engraved over and over into the texture of the corresponding toy, forming cartoonish patterns that a baby like Milla would memorize by both touch and sight.
