Meeting with an Old Friend

"Can you get off my head?" Rune said with a hint of irritation.

After eating breakfast, the group had set out early in the morning to continue their mission. With Hanabi Shrine now safely secured, there was no need for them to linger any longer. It was supposed to be a simple thing; only they had now taken on an extra straggler.

"Faster! Faster!" a cheerful childish voice called out.

"Gah! Get your tails out of my eyes. I can't see!"

"Rune, watch where you are going. We almost hit that tree!"

The person in question was Tera, and she was causing all sorts of problems with her playfulness. Rune had tried to impart the importance of stealth, but the little beast had just brushed him off. 'If any little doggies come out, I'll just kill them,' she had said. As such, she was now seated atop his head on a barrier platform with not a single serious thought present in her little mind.