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EUREKA!!  This is exactly what I've been looking for!!

     

These strange stones these wise little pups brought to me...how fascinating they are!  Their shimmering surface is entirely unnatural.  And when I ran a few preliminary tests, I found something extraordinary.  They're full of power!  Great power! 

What kind of power?  I have no idea!  I have yet to figure out how to crack them open.  But I am focusing all my efforts on discovering the truth, and when I do, I am certain I can make use of some old pieces of my original experiments to finally create a stable power source to rebuild the portal to Solaria!  Finally, we will have a stable link to our sister land! 

And Lady Artemis might just stop glaring at me every time she sees me...hopefully...

But I need more of them!  Much more!  These twenty Tadavar and his friends brought me is not nearly enough.  I need as many as can be found!  So I need YOUR help!  Nicola tells me these stones are originating in the mining caves.  So go there!  Find and gather for me as many as you can!  I can't take them just yet, I need to figure out the source of their power first, but if you gather and hold them for me, once I can finally take them I promise I'll make it worth your while!

Nicola did a bit of investigating for me.  These stones seem to be appearing in the Cave of Shadows, The Glowworm Cave, and The Sparkling Grotto.  She hasn't found any evidence of them being found anywhere else, so focus your efforts there!  Their rate of appearance has been increasing, and I suspect this trend will continue.

Go forth and gather, my friends!  I'll keep working here in my laboratory.  As soon as I have discovered the truth, you will be the first to know!

...it is strange though, isn't it?  I can't quite describe the nature of these stones.  They're not even really shimmering.  It's more like...like...they're glitching?

Hm...I have a lot of work to do.