The hum of the magic that coursed through the crystal was electrifying. The crystal was cut so cleanly that it was smooth to the touch, even at the edges of the hexagonal blue device. There were golden bands that surrounded the crystal at the bottom, middle, and top. Golden lines connected the bands at four corners, allowing connections between the bands and allowing the internal arithmancy to work in tandem with the metal. That was my assumption anyway, for why they chose gold as the metal. It was a wonderful conductor for magic. The platform was quite thick; large cement sections that were cut by more gold and smaller crystals that dotted the platform that would make it nearly impossible to move. Not that one could easily move it;