"The Multi-Eyed Race, a rare human subspecies said to have lived in the Fourth Epoch. Most members of the race possessed more than two eyes. Of course, they are now considered Alien Creatures."
The bartender introduced it to Shade:
"Besides the pair of eyes in their usual positions, the extra eyes of the Multi-Eyed Race could grow anywhere on their bodies, and there was a one-in-ten chance that they would possess special abilities. This unusual race created a peculiar method that allowed members of their race to exchange eyes at will. These coins were the medium they used for those exchanges."
"So the property of this relic is to increase the number of eyes?"
Shade asked. The bartender nodded.
"Put the coin into water and swallow it. After roughly twenty-four to forty-eight hours, one or two new eyes will grow somewhere on your body. Each has a one-in-ten chance of possessing a special ability. If you press this relic directly into one of your own eyes, there is a one-in-five chance that eye will become a special Magic Eye. You can imagine the side effects. In mysticism, the eyes are the windows of the flesh closest to the soul. So while it sounds quite good, no one but lunatics and experimenters would use this thing to give themselves another eye."
Seeing Shade look at him, the bartender shrugged.
"If a Ring Arcanist who uses this relic does not remove the new eye quickly enough, there is nearly a one-hundred-percent chance they will lose control within three months."
Shade nodded, finding the item rather good and interesting. The bartender, meanwhile, seemed to recall something amusing and continued in Kasonlik laced with slang:
"More than twenty years ago, I heard of someone who used this relic to grow an extra eye in