"You`re firemountain-glass, Dama." He says this very softly. "You`re a gift of the earth — but Father Earth hates us, never forget, and his gifts are neither free nor safe. If we pick you up, hone you to sharpness, treat you with the care and respect you deserve, then you become valuable. But if we just leave you lying about, you`ll cut to the bone the first person who blunders across you. Or worse — you`ll shatter, and hurt many."