*SPOILER WARNING* Do not read this post unless you have read Forbidden Sea.
Ever wonder what purpose Lady Lauretta's necklace of glowing beads served? The answer to this riddle was edited out. As you will notice from this scene, the private conversation between Lady Lauretta and Adrianne originally happened outside the castle instead of inside where it takes place in the final version.
ORIGINAL SCENE BEFORE EDITING:
The tiny lights within the beads of Lauretta's necklace seemed to glow even brighter, lighting our way as she led me along the outer palace wall. She caught me staring at the necklace and put up her hand to finger the beads.
"I can't call up light the way the rest of them can, so I use this instead," she said.
"Don't the lights burn you with their cold?" I said with a shiver.
"My husband made the beads especially for me. They hold the cold inside so it doesn't hurt to touch them. Clever, huh?"
The magic within the blood of the merfolk gives them all the powers they need to live beneath the sea. One of the things they would need to survive down in the darkest part of the ocean would be light--so their magic provides it.
I think it's good how it ended up, because that's exactly what I figured out on my own. :) I'm glad I was right.
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