he's able to coerce their freedom after figuring out the pieces of dried lava Rohan had were more valuable than the diamond, and pressures him to comply by breaking one of the pieces (there were two)
Rohan asks to speak to Jodio privately and tells him to hold on to the piece of lava, about how it might be the last one, and how keeping it will lead to wealth and "mechanisms"
next chapter it looks like they'll be chased by a bunch of cats
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Don't you agree, Zach? https://streamable.com/bmh5oq