"And to keep thy friends," Balthier says and shrugs with one shoulder. It's - still very odd to not feel the aching pain in his joins. "I wasn't inclined to abandon it and let someone else find it. I believe the technical definition is that it absorbs magic. Falcon said it had a feel about it that he could sense."
He cups one arm over the spot. "Medic Damien said there was signs that it'd left a mark, though I couldn't see it."