Outside in the hallway stood his 37-year old mother Jane. As always, she was wearing her professional blouse and skirt suit and 3-inch heels. She worked for a local law firm, so she had to dress that way, even if she was just the secretary. But regardless of her position in the company, it was a high-paying job - enough to support herself and her three children (Jon, Zoe and Mikey).
"Oh. Hi, Mom." As soon as he said that, though, the bracelet began to grow warm on his wrist. He glanced down and saw that the bracelet was also glowing, or more specifically the glyphs on the bracelet were glowing. Why was it doing that?