The Absolution Hunting Team's one cat and two humans did not wait long in the chilly environment.
Before long, Furry Bean returned with its spoils.
When the black cat saw the gray, dusty figure, its smile froze. Because what Gouzi had brought back wasn't the black-robed wizard, nor parts of the wizard like clothes or cuffs, but a dry, hard grass nest, edged with a few shabby gray feathers, some unfortunate bird's abode.
As the black cat reached a paw into the bird's nest to probe, it accidentally got a bit of bird poop on its paw.
This made it increasingly vexed.
"Wrong! Not this... Do it again!" he scolded Gouzi gratingly. Gouzi drooped its tail, eyes full of innocence. After a few whimpers, it obediently turned around, 'poof' disappearing into the night again.
Dylan kindly summoned a ball of clean water to help the black cat wash its paw.
"Aren't you being too harsh on it,"
