"What does that tell you?" I asked.
"They might have started the fires at different times, or used different accelerants. We need to check the debris before we decide." She said and Finnick crouched beside us.
"I found something near the well." Finnick said.
He held up a small metal object wrapped in a cloth, keeping his fingers away from its surface.
It was a narrow silver cylinder, about the length of my thumb, with a dark groove running around its centre.
Vespera went completely still.
"Where did you find that?" She asked.
"Beside the restraint chain." He said but she didn't reach for it.
"Don't touch the groove." She said.
"Wasn't planning to." Finnick said as he raised his eyebrows and I studied the object.
"Do you know what it is?" I asked.
"Not yet." She said.
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