Okay, questions. She had thoughts on both but as her brain was not functioning at its best, she really didn't know if her answers were going to be articulate or not. Oh well, she'd give it a go anyway. That's why she was here, yeah?

"For the first question, I guess it has to do with there being an active threat? I think...that we take precautions to protect a lot of valuable things in the world but until there is an immediate threat, people don't tend to get too worried about where they are as long as they're in a safe place. I think people always knew the stone was powerful and could be dangerous in the wrong hands but until those hands reached out to take it, people maybe weren't aware of the gravity of its existence?" Did that make any sense at all? Ella knew what she'd meant to say but she just hoped that the Professor got the gist of it.

As for the second question, Ella bit her lip and then continued. "I'm not sure what I would use to protect the stone. Maybe runes. We've been learning about runic wards and the curses placed on objects and I think that if a powerful enough one were used, it could have maybe helped." Just something different to think about.