In the chatter of bird songs, Salian slowly opened his eyes.
The sound came from his sister's blue parrot, though Salian wasn't upset about being woken up, as the sun was already high in the sky.
His treehouse had been half-demolished by a rampaging giant tree during the chaos, and now having a bed to sleep on was thanks to his sister.
But...
When he pushed open the door, the sound of his sister's weeping suddenly filled the small house:
"Oh, Xiao Ji! It's all my fault for giving you to my useless brother so casually, now look at what you've become..."
Elarwen was holding the Scout Puki with its tilted mushroom cap, sobbing and glancing repeatedly in his direction.
Salian himself couldn't understand why this Puki was fine before coming back to his sister's house but suddenly became dumbfounded once inside.
