Santa Stops Jon From Using the Stone

But then an idea occurred to Jon. He still had the wishing stone, right? He could just _wish_ them out of the Hinterlands. Grasping it, he began to say "I wish," but then Santa slapped the stone out of his hand. "Hey, what did you do _that_ for?" "That stone is magic, Jon," Santa said. "Using it is like shooting off a flare. We want to _avoid_ the Valkyries, not tell them where we are." "Oh, I didn't think of that," Jon said, feeling a bit foolish. "Uh, Jon? Where's the stone?" Karyn asked. When Santa slapped it out of Jon's hand, it went flying further into the cave.