While thinking that the unexpected direction of these rumors might have some effect on us, we returned to the workshop. Several days later, just as I had contemplated turning down the peddler's next request for a shipment of stones, a solitary elf arrived at the workshop.
Believe it or not, we caught rumors of the "Singing Stones" we manufacture on our way back. Apparently the rumors had added an unnecessary embellishment, claiming that the effects of the stones shared the same properties as a holy priestess in the far east with the magical power to quell beasts and monsters.
