"I will be learning more cooking too, but I will be glad to teach you what I know."

It is the third box Kreyu goes for first, the amulet. "It looks a bit like me," she says when she glances from the amulet to him. "Lovely work too. Is that why you wanted it?"

She peers at the inscription. "They are protective symbols," she tells him. "Ones for luck, for protection against curses. I can't sense any power in it, so it should be safe for you to wear."