Having spent so much time in the radiation zone, it was long past being of any use. But their luck was good... after opening it, they even extracted a still-intact battery from it. It could at least be charged and also discharged. They sold this battery to the village's old scholar, exchanging it for their first calf.
The remaining tablet, after Henrik had cleaned it, he tried to sell to a group of Sky Islanders.
Because his brother, while logging, had been struck down by a falling tree, breaking his arm, which then had to be amputated. Henrik had originally wanted to exchange it for the mechanical arms he'd seen some slaves wearing on Sky Island— he had seen the ludicrously expensive-looking devices quite clearly. But, whether it was because their languages had diverged too much and their communication was hindered, or perhaps his offer wasn't enough, they still refused to give him the device.
