"Wish? What are you talking about?" Karyn asked.
Jon put down the stone. "I wished that I was the only guy in the city. And it came true."
"It couldn't have," Karyn said. "It's just a stone. And regardless, wishes can't come true. Magic doesn't exist."
"That's what we thought before the New Ones showed up," Jon said.
"That's not magic, Jon. That's advanced technology. What? Are you thinking that this stone is some sort of alien tech?"
"It makes sense, doesn't it?" Jon asked.
Karyn picked up the stone and looked at it. It looked like an ordinary stone, except for its reddish hue. Then, deciding to try it out for herself (but not really believing that it would work), she said "I wish ..."
