At first, Ariel was too distracted to pay full attention to Meesei and Juseich in regards to the jewel, but once she processed Meesei's Jel describing it, she had a double take and looked to each of them in turn with surprise.

[i]"You are correct. It is merely a trick."[/i] Juseich said through a grin, [i]"Perhaps ironically dishonest of me, but surprisingly effective."[/i] She looked at the Jewel as Meesei held it. [i]"What I said about it being a gift from the Psijic Order and studying it all my life is true though. One of my ancestors was a talented mage and wanted to join their ranks, but they deemed his mind to be too closed, and refused him until he could unlock the jewel's secrets. He died without ever finding out, but the jewel has been passed down through the family. I worked out that there is a point in the woven enchantment where the magicka that flows in sort of... goes someplace else before it flows into the portion that makes the gem glow. I have tried many methods of working out where it goes and what it is doing, but I have had little luck thus far. My family has been using it to detect lies much the same as I have for as long as it has been with us."[/i] She looked back up, [i]"The only hint I know of from the last century was when my mother had it around her neck when a powerful conjurer came to court. She was observing an audience with the count, and charged the necklace to see if the conjurer was telling the truth. At that point, the conjurer's Dremora servant clutched his head and began to yell in pain. He had to dismiss it to continue the audience, it caused quite a stir."[/i]

Ariel lifted her hand and interrupted in Cyrodilic, not quite keeping up with Juseich's Jel, "I'm sorry, Meesei, did you just say that the jewel doesn't detect lies?" She looked quite confused at the situation.