The next time the crystal shot out of the device, Ales didn't flinch. As much. He hoped that sort of reaction was normal to a loud noise, because he couldn't afford to look any more pathetic than he already did.

"There's no way it's a coincidence," he said mostly to himself as he stared at the wall, dented from being struck in the same place twice by a small object exerting a great force. Maintenance would throw a fit. "There's something over there its attracted to..."

Ales grew silent. North was in that direction, and he recalled seeing the Temple of Fire out the window of a nearby lab. The districts were laid out like so, thus the intended destination could be...

"Wait, I think..." He had a few ideas.