When the Gate exploded, a coordinate system was created from the resulting twists in hyperspace—a kind of singularity that drew in vast amounts of energy, enclosing and crystallising them into a single faceted stone, the gem that makes up this ring. The same energy broke Wen's circadian rhythm. His pineal body continually produces a substance like melatonin that inhibits ageing. That's the theory in a nutshell. Get the picture?
Yeah, as if.
[sighs] I don't either. Which simply means, there's no way to know for sure until we stick the gem into the kid and find out.
[Spike puts the gem-pointed bullet into the gun and cocks it]
Anything could happen. It could blow sky high the moment it hits.
..Kinda makes it interesting.
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