Is he? Oh, well, at least he has the worry stone. That will probably be used later on to bring him back from the dark side.
I don't know if this holds true in other cultures, but I do know that in (modern) Greek culture, there are similar devices called komboloi, or "worry beads." They look like prayer beads (even though komboloi are not religious at all), they're usually owned by men, and they're used to "count the troubles away," so to speak. No magical powers there, but I wonder if Stouffer had heard of them.
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Date: 2010-05-28 01:34 am (UTC)I don't know if this holds true in other cultures, but I do know that in (modern) Greek culture, there are similar devices called komboloi, or "worry beads." They look like prayer beads (even though komboloi are not religious at all), they're usually owned by men, and they're used to "count the troubles away," so to speak. No magical powers there, but I wonder if Stouffer had heard of them.