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[biteoffherhead]

[One month after her 'victory' against Ninetails, Moro is in much better shape. She isn't roaming close to the village lately, however - any snowfall is remarkably free of her giant pawprints. But for those that venture into the forest, the prints in the snow or dirt are almost always fresh - she has been roaming nearly nonstop since she

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[forestpride]

[San is just sitting with Moro quietly, for now. They haven't talked much about the two weeks she spent living in an apartment like a human.

But she still wears the snowboots.]

[biteoffherhead]

[Yes... unfortunately, the animals' hides aren't quite large and thick enough to make good boots for you, so she's allowed you to wear the snow boots.

But it's good to have your company, because who needs words to enjoy that?]

[forestpride]

[mostly she wears them because, well, they're there and it would be dumb to take them back when they're functional. And warm.]

They say that the sands have been covered by water.

[biteoffherhead]

I thought the scent from the mountain winds had shifted. So this land is able to shift and change...

[forestpride]

It's...wrong. It must be something the Malnosso do.

[biteoffherhead]

It is. But deserts never sat well with me anyway.

[Said a bit scornfully, of course, because even silver lining doesn't appease her.]

I could only hope that it floods the sands and chases that demon here, so that I may kill him as swiftly as the fox.

[forestpride]

...She will come back.

[biteoffherhead]

And so I will crush her skull. And then, when she arrives again, I will break her neck. Then I will crush her ribs and devour her heart. Then I will rip off her tails, and her limbs, so that she suffers. I will savor every moment I get to kill her.

[forestpride]

She could have killed you, too, mother.

[biteoffherhead]

Perhaps. But on the life given to me by the Forest Spirit, I will never die without first killing my opponent.

[forestpride]

[But it happened with Eboshi. She's not dead.

And though she doesn't dwell on it much, as far as San knows, she herself is dead back home.]

What gives life to demons like that fox? Ones that don't exist because of humans.

[biteoffherhead]

I would suppose they crawl from the pits of hell, if their 'creator' did not.