"That's the question, isn't it? Sometimes I think it's just being stubborn, sometimes I think it's about being worthy. Sometimes it doesn't seem to be about anything more than the right place at the right time." Gansey gives a shrug that's both expansive and sheepish. "Skipping stones aren't that deep, though."

The question makes him cock his head. "Why wouldn't it be good to meet you? Quite a variety of interesting people ended up here." After a moment of peering at Loki through the stone, he extends it out on an open palm. "It's a glain neidr, a hag stone. They're naturally shaped by moving water, and folk legends say that they can protect from ill fortune, or cure a snakebite, or show you a path to the fairy realm. There's probably more, but I only know the common British folklore."