"Really? !"

Cecelia was surprised and delighted.

Marvin nodded his head solemnly. "Really. I was upset that there was no way I could break the encrypted messages left behind by the powerful purple robe witch. But now that purple robe witch is your mother, Presbyter Cecelia, that's different."

Marvin took the box and said to Cecelia, "Presbyter Cecelia, put your hand on the surface of the box."

"Put my hand on it? Like fingerprint verification?"

"Yes, it's like a fingerprint verification."

Skeptically, Cecelia laid her hand on the box. Nothing happened.

Cecelia looked at Marvin. Marvin took his time. "Presbyter Cecelia, you repeat the spell after me. Now that you...