[ elektra has yet to handle one of these things, pretty as they are, so when she takes the stone from matthew it's without any precautions, though it does end up landing on a part of her hand that's covered by her sleeve. ]

It's a stone. Red, with some kind of iridescent reflections when you rotate it. It's like it's got part of the fire inside it, but the reflections change color in the light. [ her hand shifts to hold it differently, her bare skin touching the stone's surface for the first time. ]