Intent #
The first supernatural event: the stone glows and Ulysses talks to it.
Narrative #
He reached out. His fingers hovered inches from the black surface.
"That's new," he said aloud. "I'm not touching it! I'm not touching it."
The object glowed on contact. A soft, unnatural blue light pulsed from within the obsidian.
"Maybe lichen," he rationalized, his heart racing. "Fades after five seconds. No heat."
Then, text appeared on the surface. Not etched, but projected from deep inside the stone.
HELLO STONE