V9 Bloopers
Sen sat with his legs crossed and eyes closed. The sun would rise soon, but it wasn’t up yet. It was a quiet time when the night creatures had retreated to their lairs and nests, yet before the day creatures had roused themselves to go about their sunlit activities. He let that gentle hush wash over him and through him. It was an indulgence in serenity that he rarely allowed himself, but given what was about to come, he felt he’d earned this indulgence. He was aware of the pill in his hand. Its actual weight was negligible, especially to someone like him, but it still felt like it might drag his hand to the earth. It had been a long time coming, that pill, the last one in the Five-Fold Body Transformation.
“Where did you find a breath mint?” asked Laughing River. “I didn’t think this world had those.”
Sen’s eyes snapped open.
“Where did you come from?” Sen demanded.
“Over there,” said the elder fox with a vague gesture.
He hadn’t even felt the nine-tail fox approaching. That was enough to fill Sen with dread. Was his spiritual sense slipping? Then, the fox’s words hit him.
“What’s a breath mint? Wait, that doesn’t matter. Whatever it is, this pill isn’t a breath mint. This is for my body transformation.”
Laughing River eyed the pill in Sen’s hand dubiously. Then, so quick Sen couldn’t stop it, the fox plucked the pill from his hand and popped it into his mouth. Sen shot to his feet, expecting disaster. The fox seemed to consider the taste for about five seconds before nodding.
“Yep. Definitely a breath mint.”