>"Wait, your voice sounds different."
>Look at Ran.
> "Well, that's..."
> You turn around and look at Ran.
> That's not the house-sized kitsune you met outside of Kourindou. It's a woman with short golden hair and eyes, fox ears perched on her head, and nine tails. She's wearing a white and blue dress that looks like it was made for spring or fall rather than the near-winter weather you've been experiencing.
> "Even without a contract, it looks like I end up in my humanoid form no matter what when I'm in one of these gaps," Ran says.
>And join her.
>Are we standing on anything?
> You walk over to her. You're definitely standing on something solid, but you can't see it. An invisible floor, most likely.
> _