"Crack it open."
"But your majesty! We don't know what's going on here. We have to be cautious."
"You mangy mutt, I need to strangle him. How am I supposed to do that if he's in there?"
"But your majesty, he couldn't have done this to himself!"
"Ji Ru's right. Tai Yang doesn't even know how to cast a spell like this."
"Yes he does, he has his predecessor's knowledge."
"But even then your majesty, it takes a long time of practicing to actually cast those spells correctly."
"Just get him out." Li Jun snapped. He, Li Wei, and Ji Ru were all in Ji Ru's office staring at Tai Yang rolling about in his sleep in the opal."
'I'm sure I'd looked around that oxbow bed well. How did I miss this? How did I miss it glowing even if it was weak?' Li Jun wondered. One of the machines in Ji Ru's lab section made a beeping sound.
Ji Ru looked toward it and hurried off.
