"It is quite aptly named," she replied, "It originally took the form of a dusty substance, but a cultist overdosed on an injectable form not long ago."

It wasn't exactly exhausting to have to catch someone up to the current events, and it was necessary to do so, but she had been headed out to do some searching and this was taking up precious time.

"The turtle is disabled, but as to an injury, we cannot know...I'm inclined to believe that it is more...magical in nature." She hesitated a moment, "Asti gave me a vision in which Malicant was talking to the turtle hatchlings...Malicant wanted to know why the 'husk' remained and wanted the 'last secret', I don't know what he meant, but it was important enough that all the other foreigners saw the vision as well."