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The young leopard cub dangled the cord in the air, curious. "So we're required to have these, huh?" She murmured, before wrapping it around her leg so it wouldn't be dropped on the way to the Starpool.

When they arrived, almost immediately after being told, Thea stuck her paw in, fishing around until something sharp pricked her paw, and hooked her claws into it, carefully bringing up the shard, and the cub showed it to Bastille, head tilting. "You mean these? They don't look like they came from space." As for the unique pendent, that confused Thea. What would hers be? She wasn't quite sure. She didn't stand for much. Maybe her fighting spirit or something. Did they choose, or Bastille? Huh. Weird. It piqued Thea's curiousity to no end.

It is clear from how Imperia bounces along that she is quite excited to participate in the traditional fetching of meteorite shards. Well, she is just excited to finally be apart of something. Even though most everyone in the Ascendants is very kind, Imperia would be lying if she claimed to feel like she was actually one of them. Perhaps it is her shyness which keeps her on the outside, but her lack of close friends really makes it lonely. Peri truly enjoys talking with Agent Washington, but she is afraid to speak too much about herself and her own woes due to his private nature. She can sense his discomfort when it comes to getting close to people outside of his circle so as much as it disappoints her, Imperia is trying to keep her distance. Maybe now, when she finally receives her beads and pendant, Peri will finally find her place.

She slows herself as they arrive at the pool, gazing curiously down into the depths of the water. She reaches in, searching for one that suits her fancy, when she hears Thea's comment. "Space rock can be hard to identify. Achondrites are very similar to volcanic rock while chondrites are not as glassy. Chondrites are the type which contain carbon, organic compounds, and the iron which I am assuming is used to make the pendants," says the creature, not realizing that she is rattling off fact after unnecessary fact. Peri can't help it--she really likes rocks. And space. And plants. And learning in general. "You can actually find chondrites by using a magnet! Isn't that neat?" She says all of this without barely even taking a breath or glancing up. Instead, she casually shoves her head under water, snatches a medium-sized brain shaped rock in her teeth, and pops her head back up in a glorious spray of water. And she is still grinning.

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Thea didn't understand much of what Imperia said, but nodded anyways, an ear flicking as she examined the rock she chose. At Bastille's words, the cub was about to ask who Starry was, but the question was answered with the next sentence, tilting her head a bit. "All of them? Even if they were weak?" She murmured, not quite understanding why that would happen. If you lost, you were weak. You weren't remembered. And if you were, it was because you couldn't defend yourself, with your own power, and had to depend on others. Which led to them being at risk as well. She just didn't get it.

Normally Elon wouldn't bother with something like this, oddly not one for community ritual despite what she is or once was. What peaks her interest is that these are rocks from space and therefore could provide her some easy magic or at least general specks of energy to leach off of. If she so chooses to pursue making one of these necklaces, she could wrap it around a new wand to extend that energy. Yes, it's worth a shot she believes. Yet she'll still have to go mucking along the shore to find the material for this expenditure and she's still feeling too tired (or maybe just far too lazy) to want to do it. Maybe it'd be better off as a location? But she couldn't be guaranteed solitude here if this is a common thing. Sighing, she gives in just like that and makes her way to the water's edge. Just the thought of getting her cute white paws dirty... it's just heartbreaking. Her approach is just in time to hear Alexander's comment and she nods. [b]"I agree. Shame it might be picked clean some day." Of course the means she catches his reaction to Imperia there too and his grated words. She smirks some but is quick to hide it. Little fragments of information are just as useful as these rocks may be.

Welp, time to get it over with really. Elon sums up the courage then just jumps into the pool, perhaps splashing someone, though not aiming to. She shivers and steps around in it, not content to just try to gather some from the water's edge. She'll need the best, the brightest, for her plans. "So any kinda neat stories connected to all this?" She inquires absentmindedly, fishing for hints while she does similar for her piece. By neat, she means what she would consider hokey, but she'll listen none-the-less. "I want to feel endeared while my tail is shriveling up." It's probably not even cold and she's just being a big baby, but a chance to complain is always good.

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