Noah found Jayden in the lower corridor outside the training wing, sitting on the floor with his back against the wall and his legs stretched out, looking at nothing in particular with the loose energy of someone whose body had finished one thing and hadn't been given the next thing yet.
He looked up when Noah came around the corner.
"Hey," Jayden said.
"Hey," Noah said. "Your item's ready."
Jayden looked at him for a second. Then he stood up without asking any follow up questions, which Noah appreciated, and fell into step beside him.
They walked.
"How long has it been since I put my blood in," Jayden said.
"Few days," Noah said. "The stone takes its time. It's not reading what you can do. It's reading what you are. Apparently that takes longer."
Jayden was quiet for a moment. "What if what I am produces something useless."
"It won't."
"You don't know that."
