"Oh, yes, the Crystals will be passed along with everything else," Jack assured me, nodding his head. "It's very safe. Don't worry."
"Have you tried it yourself?" I asked, curious. I had never once thought of eating something that wasn't food at all. How on earth had these tribesmen thought of eating a gemstone that had been dug out of the body of a mutant beast? That was what I wanted to know.
"No, I haven't had the chance to try one out," Jack replied, sounding a little wistful. "It's difficult to obtain Crystals of Vitality, so only the elders and the chieftain get to eat the Crystals. The rest of us make do with using them to heal ourselves when we can get our hands on enough of them."
I wiggled my hand in my pocket, rubbing the remaining gemstones with my fingers. Euphie caught my
