Carl's first reaction was to just kick it aside, but when he noticed how it did not look like the other rocks, a thought hit him and he picked it up immediately.
He looked at it more closely and realized that the pebble looked a little like a chicken's egg. The surface was smooth with some strange lines on it. He threw the pebble from one hand to another and was quite surprised by how heavy it was for its size.
Gerald walked over to see Carl examining the pebble. "Carl, what are you looking at?"
The apothecary passed the pebble to the merchant and said, "Is this part of the meteorite?"
"Hmm, it could be." Gerald gave it a quick glance and returned it to Carl. Even if it were really part of the meteorite, it was too small to warrant any attention.
Instead, he went over to the big one w
