They went back to the resonance chamber together, and if anyone saw Lylia's red eyes or the tension between her and Greg, they were polite enough not to say anything.
Marina looked at Greg with a question in her eyes, but he shook his head. She knew right away that they would talk about it later.
...
The work on the compass was almost done. The needles had stopped spinning around and were now pointing in an obvious direction, but Hammy saw something that no one else did.
The slime bounced up and down on Elwen's shoulder, making a lot of noise and pointing with a pseudopod at something on the pedestal's base. Elwen moved in closer to look at what Hammy had found.
"Wow, there are symbols here," she said. "The symbols are hidden within the decorative patterns, and they appear to be part of a code rather than merely for show."
