While Geoff was talking Avery was pulling a small orb made of glass1 from his bag "No i did not knock the orb off and no i am not a madman" Avery stops thinking for a moment "or maybe i am but as they say all inventors are half mad half brilliant2"
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1. Anyone who is well versed in divination would recognize it as a mind seeing orb made by a most likely insane wizard who's last recorded project was using magic to go to the moon.

2. A quote made by a mad scientist after turning the entire storm empire into talking goats.