>We'll keep looking for awhile yet.
>Let's have a look at them!
>Excellent! Close in on them.
>"Good Evening, Minoriko. Any good news?"
>"I am sure that if you have hopes, then everything will be fine. If there is anything you might need, please let me know."
>"So what else has happened, lately?"
>"Not really. Aside from the faeries acting worse than usual, things have been quite peaceful."
>"To me, at least."
>"They've been truculent, and extraordinarily in the way."
>"Devour a mushroom harvest, to start with."
>"Essentially, yes. I came on two groups fighting over them, and offered to help them split the harvest. They decided to become violent. They got what they deserved. And will continue to get it."
>"That's not what, Shanghai?"
>Sigh slightly.>"Regardless, try not to leave yours in the open., Minoriko."
>"That's about all I really have to say, unless you know where I can find a baku in Gensokyo?"
>'I didn't think so. No one seems to."