[Jade lets Sheena bind his hand, but doesn't respond to her apology. He's staring at the ring on Rialynn's finger. Maybe it's just Zelda's death reminding him of Kalki's experiments, but he's pretty sure he knows what that thing is made of.]

A black crystal... That's what Kalki used to develop weapons to kill us for good. And we've been mind-controlled with them before, too.

[That would explain how Rialynn is being controlled. However, it doesn't really solve the problem of getting the ring away from her without someone else dying. At Sheena's suggestion, Jade clumsily takes out his light tome with his good hand. But to target only the ring? Talk about high precision casting...

Well, he has spent every year of his long life perfecting his control of all magic. If he can't do it now, he might as well just retire.]

Heads up!

[The pages of the tome shine bright, and a carefully aimed beam of light strikes the ring with unerring accuracy.]