"She made meera?" he asked.

"The armor we're wearing," Caera said, and she clawed the wall behind her until a pebble of black stone fell free of the more reddish rock, "is made of blackstone, melted down, and mixed with demon bone. The only place to do that easily is the anvil at False Gate, but there are other ways to make it."

"Mixed with demon bones?"

"Fresh human bones work, too. Not remnant bones, though."

"Bones? What? That... doesn't sound like good alloying."

Jes poked him with her closer wing's thumb claw. Daoka had to adjust her strategy to prevent further pokes, swiping up at the big flag of...