Where Lyre had been slow before, the sudden revelation that the chest had gone that far out to sea and been around a group of sailors for forty miles was both alarming and exciting enough—purely from a research perspective—to make him speed up. He jotted down the notes in scribbled handwriting, all the while continuing to talk.

"And I presume something other than its presence led you to report it to the Ministry. The initial reports describe the chest as 'disturbed and active'. Did one of your crewman open it? Touch it? During or after you arrived back on land?" he continued.

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