Pushing the general frustration aside, Caleb walked over to the bench to see if he could pry the pearl out from the crevice that it had forcefully made for itself, then he spoke; the few moments that it had taken was enough to get himself back to ground zero where it came to not being frustrated. "That was supposed to imbue the pearl with magical energy, enough that it would allow me to see 10 seconds ahead, usefully when you are fighting and every step matters, but also I have used it in deciphering human nature or perhaps avoiding an altercation by choosing an alternate route."

It was absolutely time hijinks.

He did pause to take a look at Pen's own ministrations, the twine was basic gear, not the magical threads that himself and Essek pulled via evocations, but still-- it appeared that it was a stress test of sorts. "It's safe to say that the magic is building up in new and unique ways, I actually shudder to think of how the magic will come out when it's unchained."

There may be some mitigation that needed alignment.