That was-- a relief, actually, and Raine relaxed a little at those answers. Much better than the alternative possibilities. Much better than exspheres, especially.

"You're welcome," she said, blithe, though the flat look she appended suggested she was not entirely unaware of the sarcasm. "Even you occasionally miss the obvious. I take it this one is charged?" Ordinarily by this point she'd have been clamoring to get her hands on the artifact, but it was magic she didn't know what to do with, and almost certainly personal to boot. Raine contented herself with peering at it as close as Skulduggery would permit her. "How does one activate it?"