Maja was enveloped in the warmth of these two men’s consolation when it hit her - the crucial piece of the puzzle.

She blinked, and stood up abruptly, "The seal, the jellyfish seal!"

It was something planted by Cynthia, back when she was still known as Lillian, and she had instructed Maja that should she ever

face danger, she could use it.

And danger was exactly what loomed now.

"Dylan, remember when Abner's guys blew up Summer's place? Didn't they find a seal? Get in touch with Abner and ask him to

send it over."

Dylan didn't waste a second and called Abner, who was nearby in Greenfield and promptly delivered the item himself.

It wasn't something he'd acquired in North America but had cinto his possession in Cania. Amidst the chaos at a research

base, he had sent his men to help the Sanders family look for lan.

They never found lan, but they stumbled upon this peculiarly shaped seal. His men brought it back, and now that Maja wanted it,

he had no desire to keep it.

He sat on the couch, his tone heavy with gravity, "Speaking of which, when Walter's people were with me, one of them, a bit of a

prankster, found a couple of wooden dolls, names carved into them. Those trinkets were picked up on the way to Summer's

bombing - no clue who dropped them, but they sure looked interesting."

hadn't been paying much attention until the mention

like that for her. Back then, when times were tight and other kids

her mother, not wanting

to her, Lillian had secretly crafted these toys from

these small, tender gestures that made Maja yearn to see Lillian -

you still have those

from Walter after a betrayal, and that whimsical fellow was among them. He's been

off every day. If you want them, I can get him over here

I would like

call. Soon enough, a baby-faced man arrived, clutching two

the other, a small wooden contraption that, upon being

leaping out.

quivered

were all the rage among

any other - a fact that never

were found near Summer's place, a location rumored to house a couple of

but the sight of these two objects

for Cynthia

evidence, but her intuition

take these three items. Once Sarah leaves that house,

should cto her

seal symbolized Lillian's resolve to protect her daughter, and these wooden toys, something similar that had

by others within the organization -

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