[They move with the quiet encouragements easily, like they're well-used to being manhandled in this manner. At least this girl doesn't have to wear gloves just to touch them without risking damage to herself. There are strange, subtle benefits to being so soft.]

Rutile makes it from the berries of a flower that blooms in the early fall. The berries are most abundant when it's hot, so the others gather the berries mid to late summer.

[Even once the opposite surface is cleared, it's basically impossible to see straight through it without directly shining a light through the spot or something. They've always been one of the more opaque gems due to their polycrystalline structure. But It's almost transparent, in a way similar to cloudy water. And there's nothing to be seen but that same material all the way through, no bones or veins or muscles or any kind.]