Hearing him say that the stone was a talisman, Maleficent took a small step forward while showing a face that says that she wanted more clarification. But what he said next wasn't what she expected to hear. With him holding up the stone, Maleficent flinched and took a step back, while a small glint of fear appeared in her yellow-green eyes. For the stone to actually be cursed, Maleficent didn't like dark spells, nor has she had the interest of actually learning them. She certainly did not even show Loki how to make dark spells, but after the curse he accidentally unleashed, the fae knew that a spell that's so terrible could only make an appearance if either of them suffer powerful emotions. Anger was most definitely one of them. Maleficent looked away from Kili, to the ground, before she was about to walk away. But hearing him suddenly joke, made her stop before she could make two steps from her current spot. Looking at him as she stopped, she turned her body to face him fully. She made a quick glance at the stone before she noticed the runes etched upon it. "Return to me", she read aloud. She could read every race's language, be either Dwarven or Elvish. "Return to who?", she asked him curiously.