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[color=DeepSkyBlue]“Thank you, your Majesty,”[/color] Steph replied, slightly amused by having been called a ‘fair maiden’. 

Following Sir Gravy to the Archives, Steph waited with Sarah and Peter, while the knight set off to retrieve the journal. [color=DeepSkyBlue]“Yeah, I guess you could say that,”[/color] Steph agreed after Sarah inquired about her mother. [color=DeepSkyBlue]“She was certainly brilliant, and she worked very hard to ensure that her research would be preserved for future generations. She was also very kind,”[/color] she added in a softer tone. [color=DeepSkyBlue]“She was always trying to make the world a better place, and she wanted to use technology to achieve that goal. That’s why she became a scientist. To see the world now, in this state… It would probably break her heart…”[/color]

At this point, Sir Gravy returned and apologized for having come back empty handed. He had just begun to search one more shelf, when a small crystal fell to the ground. Picking it up, the knight seemed puzzled by its presence in the Archives, wondering if perhaps it belonged in the Royal Treasury instead.

[color=DeepSkyBlue]“Actually, I think that might be what we’re looking for,”[/color] Steph spoke up. [color=DeepSkyBlue]“Yeah, this is definitely a data crystal,”[/color] she confirmed after taking a closer look. [color=DeepSkyBlue]“We’re gonna need a device to be able to access it, but that shouldn’t be a problem.”[/color]

With a single thought, Steph sent her nanite swarm into motion. Disassembling an unused pouch on her backpack, they reformed it into a palm-sized data crystal reader.

[color=DeepSkyBlue]“Just stick the crystal into this opening here,”[/color] Steph instructed. [color=DeepSkyBlue]“Then we should be able to access whatever information it contains.”[/color]