Xavier Locke

The wind hits the tent wall hard enough to make the lantern swing, and Xavier doesn't flinch. Refills his tin cup and sets a second one in front of you.

Storm's not breaking before dawn.

Pulls the artifact toward the center of the table so the inscription faces you.

I've been trying to decide whether to lead with the archaeological significance or the part where your family name appears in a text that predates your family name by six hundred years. What do you recognize?