"Uh? It's on my inventory with most of my stuff. Want me to pull it up?"

"Oh no, sorry, I forgot people can do that here," Vinessa shook their head, waving a vine as if they could sweep their ignorance away. If only.

"Hey, that's okay, we should totally hook you up with one of your own though, maybe I could pay for your account."

Vinessa frantically waved their arms. "T-t-that's not necessary, I couldn't possibly, I mean, I don't even have anything of value to store, so..."

"Oh. Yeah. Sorry. Shouldn't have brought that up," Staph said, their voice coming down to a whisper. " I mean," they came back to a normal volume, though still with less energy than usual, "I'm not really swimming in money, I got ahead of myself with that offer, haha, my bad."

Vinessa couldn't force a laugh to go along. They never could. They wish they could learn how to do it, was probably nicer than to just look miserable all the time. Maybe it wouldn't feel as miserable either.

"It's okay, I don't mind," was all they could say. "You've done a lot for me already."

"Yeah, I'm glad I could help. If you're thinking of paying that tree another visit we're ready anytime," they tapped the pouch on their thigh for emphasis.

"Oh, that's, not the reason I asked, actually, I'm, still thinking about that," they fiddled with their head vines a bit trying to calm down. "I was just curious about it, that's all. It sure is a powerful tool to teleport us that far."

"Ah, yeah. Like I said, it's still on testing phase technically, that's why I asked you to keep it a secret for now. I mean, it's totally safe, don't worry! Just, got a bunch of stuff to go before it gets approved and stuff, you know."

"I understand," Vinessa said truthfully, despite feeling the honesty was one-sided. Staph suggested to do rulebreaking things all the time with full confidence, it was odd that this particular tool had to be a secret, especially if it was safe. It was more likely that it had to be kept hidden for its power, and Vinessa would gladly help if that was the case. "You called it 'Wishmaker' once, right?"

"Oh, you still remember it. Cool name, isn't it? You curious about what it means?"

Vinessa simply nodded. Something in Staph's voice implied a story behind it, one that Vinessa would like to be quiet for.

"Don't remember if I mentioned it before, but I'm from Asterozone, heard of it? Water planet, full of water, also surrounded by a lot of asteroids?" Vinessa nodded. "So, the belt is peaceful nowadays, but they say that in the distant past meteors would fly by all the time. And people looked at those shining streaks up there and thought 'wow that looks so magical, I bet it can make my wishes come true!' But the thing is, we're all aquatic creatures, and there was no technology for breathing out of water back in the day, so they couldn't go out and see the sky all the time. Who knows who was the first weirdo who saw the stars even," they laughed.

"So," Staph continued, "they say there were mythical beings in charge of gathering all the wishes of the people and taking them to the skies during meteor showers. They wielded staves called Wishmakers, and would put all the wishes in bottles, dangle them on the staves like charms, and then rise to the stars that would grant them."

They laughed again. "Doesn't that sound a lot like teleporting things to the deposits around the galaxy? Our planet always knew what it was about, I guess. That's why I named it that. My tool I mean."

"I see," Vinessa kept nodding along. "It's a nice story."

"Yeah, I loved it as a kid," they chuckled. "Just a fairy tale though. Isn't it weird after all, that people associated meteors with wishes? It's just a bunch of rocks that fall down."

Vinessa said nothing. They had become well acquainted with magic on Despero. They felt it the first time they met Staph, something deep ran within that tool, far different than any technology in the galaxy.