Dexter wanted to hug her, but Stella raised her hand in expectation.
"Where's my staff?" she asked, pouting.
"Oh... yeah, right. I almost forgot."
Dexter pulled a staff from his inventory — it resembled a hammer with an elongated handle, nearly twice Stella's height. The weight distribution was intentionally unbalanced, making it function more as a blunt weapon than a traditional holy staff. Fortunately, he'd crafted those weight-mitigating gloves; otherwise, Stella wouldn't have been able to lift it.
Modeled after a holy staff, it enhanced healing spells while converting 30% of damage dealt into health regeneration.
"What's it called?"
"I named it the Holy Bonk Staff."
"That's... weird..." Stella blushed at the name. In their native language, "bonk" meant... something embarrassing.
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