It is heavier than the kind I am used to. The people who gave it to me lived underwater, everything needed more heft.

[ Otherwise buoyancy pulled at every strike, trying to nudge it off center and take its momentum. ]

The enchantment itself bears no weight. Sometimes it becomes quite hot.

[ But so does the glowing charm around her neck. A little silver ball inside which ashes smoldered. Sometimes they became hot enough to burn. ]