"What is it?" Luo Xin asked again when no one had bothered to respond the first time he asked.
The pale opal crystal sat in the center of his palm while he turned it beneath the living room lights. The thing wasn't particularly impressive to look at. It was smooth, slightly translucent, and about the size of a large marble. If Commander Li hadn't watched Yuche pull dozens of identical crystals out of hidden storage boxes, he would have assumed it was some kind of decorative stone.
The medic frowned when nobody answered immediately.
"I'm serious," he continued. "What is this?"
Zhenlan looked up from the floor where he was helping sort the boxes. "You don't know?" he asked, his brows furrowing in confusion.
The question sounded genuine.... Commander Li couldn't hear any mocking or sarcasm in the question, like they should already know what was going on. But there was nothing that Li hated more than being behind the eight ball.
