You reach down to try and grab the locket.
“What’s in here mister toad?” You say.
“Croak..... Croak!”
“Really!” you exclaim “Can I see?”
“Croak.” says the toad, indicating that it’s alright.
You clasp the locket in your hands and slowly open the locket. Inside the locket are a series of gears that all seem to rotate at different ratios. It’s a timepiece of sorts, but you can’t figure out exactly what sort of cycles the piece is tracking.
“That’s amazing,” you say. “Is it really connected to a parallel universe?”
“Croak. Croak. Croak.” the toad replies.
You are really impressed by this toad. You feel you could sit here and converse for hours. But part of you feels like perhaps it’s time to move on.
What do you do?