"No, Shannon, please just stop chasing it," says Tikoh. But her tone is half-hearted, like she can't bring herself to actually get the girl to stop what she's doing.
"It's just a slime, Tikoh! You know they're not dangerous!" the little girl laughs. She chases after a small, gooey creature hopping around ni an ornate pot.
"At least don't go too far into the fog! I won't be able to see you if you run away!" calls Tikoh.
It's her own fault for getting distracted, because although plenty of people from different worlds ended up in Spirale, Tikoh didn't know creatures like this could, too. In fact, there are other things from the Sky Realm bleeding through in the fog, like familiar plants and small chunks of floating stone. And if a slime showed up, then who knows what other, more dangerous monsters could show up?
"Shannon? Where did you go?" says Tikoh, her ears turning to try and pick up the sound of small footsteps. "I told you not to run off! Shannon?"
A chill goes down her spine. Back in the Sky Realm, she wasn't able to protect Shannon- has she failed again? Who knows what's lurking in the fog? Tikoh breaks out into the jog, but all she finds is a surprisingly-tall human. His reason for wandering around can wait, as Shannon's safety comes first.
"E-excuse me, have you seen a little girl around here?" she says, panting. "About this tall... red hair? She was chasing a slime around, she probably just went too far..."
