“Uh huh,” was all Rita had to say about that. She could see the logic in that reasoning, at least, so she supposed she could leave it at that. The ‘brilliant’ part was still questionable, though.

As for who she borrowed it from, Rita was reluctant to say. “Why, do you need it for something?” He didn’t look injured to her. It was possible he had an academic interest in the item as Rita did, but even then… “I’m not sure I trust you enough to tell you without a good reason.” If any old schmuck knew that Taura possessed something valuable like that, there was a chance that someone would try to steal it. Rita wasn’t going to be responsible for that.