222. God Tier

“Your hands are glowing again,” said Jenny. Whatever you thought of my group, one thing you couldn’t deny was their total dedication to stating the obvious.

“Yes,” I said, because I was in the group, too. I raised my hands in front of me and turned them over, like there might be an Off switch on the back, or maybe instructions.

“Is it safe?” asked Jenny, reaching out her own hand, which wasn’t a smart thing to do if it turned out not to be safe.

“Of course.” I pulled my hands away and hid them behind my back, making my proclamation seem somewhat disingenuous. I didn’t think there was any danger from my glowing hands — other than to myself — but still...

“Can’t you use the gem to turn them off?” she said, trying to reach behind me.

The dwarfstone had absorbed the light from my hands last time. I didn’t know what that meant, whether I could use that captured energy somehow, but at least it provided a safety valve.

“In a minute,” I said. “I just w