BOON ALTERED He will indeed receive, wrapped neatly, two cut halves of a peanut butter sandwich fashioned just in the manner he remembers of his mother.
But with it will come two small boxes; one, rosewood-fashioned and velvet-lined, will hold a necklace with a small pendant of a closed eye. Instructions set into the box inform him that when lifted to the light, the eye will open, reflecting the light in a steady beam to lead him the way to whatever it is he seeks.
The second box will hold a stamped-metal bracelet, fashioned in the manner of two spread wings; when worn, it will help him discern truth from lie, and will flex and tighten about his wrist just perceptibly to warn him of treachery.
The tray that these are delivered upon, when turned over, is revealed to be a shield; fashioned from the familiar scales of Ladon and set in a radial pattern. It is small and strangely light, little better than a buckler; but when he lifts it to protect himself from blows, the scales will shiver and stretch. When worn and raised in his defense, the shield may grow as long as he is tall, and just as wide, never seeming to gain more weight, and will defend as well against magic and the elements as blows of strength.
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He will indeed receive, wrapped neatly, two cut halves of a peanut butter sandwich fashioned just in the manner he remembers of his mother.
But with it will come two small boxes; one, rosewood-fashioned and velvet-lined, will hold a necklace with a small pendant of a closed eye. Instructions set into the box inform him that when lifted to the light, the eye will open, reflecting the light in a steady beam to lead him the way to whatever it is he seeks.
The second box will hold a stamped-metal bracelet, fashioned in the manner of two spread wings; when worn, it will help him discern truth from lie, and will flex and tighten about his wrist just perceptibly to warn him of treachery.
The tray that these are delivered upon, when turned over, is revealed to be a shield; fashioned from the familiar scales of Ladon and set in a radial pattern. It is small and strangely light, little better than a buckler; but when he lifts it to protect himself from blows, the scales will shiver and stretch. When worn and raised in his defense, the shield may grow as long as he is tall, and just as wide, never seeming to gain more weight, and will defend as well against magic and the elements as blows of strength.