5. "RE: (S71) S5DS04 Familiar Spirits"
In response to message #0
>[1202]jennamite mine owner - >Jennamite is a naturally-occurring crystal found in the Earth >Kingdom, generally around Omashu (though deposits can be found >elsewhere). It combines properties of a mineral and sugar rock candy, >both valuable and edible, and has the unique property of growing when >exposed to a living being's bioelectric field. Nobody is quite sure >how it does this. Due to the difficulties incurred by mining by hand, >a productive mine can be a very lucrative operation if managed >correctly. This mine owner, therefore, combines the properties of a >diamond mine owner AND a sugar plantation owner!
How, when and why someone decided to try and eat a rock they just mined in order to see if it's edible is beyond me. :) Although now that I think about it (and my memory fails me to remember specifics), wasn't there a scene in a movie/tv show about making rock soup?
********************* Rock Is Dead. Long Live Paper And Scissors.