Relic? Given the way Farzan just blinks at it (holy shit, he really is from the past)...yeah. Relic.

"Ok. Hopefully, you won't need it, but be ready to draw it. Stingbats...look, normally they are out in the jungle, doing what the do, and you can avoid them. There's a flock of 'em outside, though, all freaking confused. They sting you, and...I'll have to drag you to the infirmary. Hopefully won't actually attack us, though."