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Excuse me? Hello? Can anyone understand what I'm saying through this book? I've seen people speaking into these strange books and other people seem to speak back. I'm...really rather confused by this entire place.

Tarouza? Kurokagi? Anyone? What happened after the battle? Did we win? Is that why I can understand all of these people?

[There's a bit of shuffling as he moves through underbrush, emerging near the market area. Screaming immediately starts from everyone who catches sight of him.]

...Well, that was a bit rude. They all ran away. Anyway, back to business. I've been wondering about some other things that seem to be important, here. Perhaps one of the people listening can tell me.

First of all, what is "currency" and how does it work? I've been given little shiny bits of this "currency", but I'm not sure what to do with it.

Second, how does "writing" and "reading" work? It's something you humans do for these book things, correct? I'm...really a bit new to all of this.

Why are you all so large? The humans I know are much smaller. Or have I somehow gotten smaller?

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Are you a spirit? Where are you at right now?

Spirit? I've never heard of that, either. It seems I've rather a lot to catch up on.

I'm at...Hm. I'm not sure what you'd call it, but I can smell many delicious things.

You're not a spirit but you're not human either. What kind of person are you if you're not one of those? I've never met a person that wasn't one or the other.

Can you find the docks? The place with all the boats. That's where I am. I'm a human. My name is Wan.

Oh, yes! Of course. I am called Dougen, and I'm a tiger. Do you know what that is? Ti-ger?

Nice to speak with you, Wan. Boat? What's that?

Do you mean a tiger-monkey? I didn't know they could talk! Oh. A boat is one of those things that float on water. There's a lot of them at the docks, where the ocean meets the land.

No, no. Say it with me. Ti-ger. Simple, no? Monkeys are something else, entirely. I assure you, we're very different.

Ah, you mean like ducks! I've seen them float!

So... not a tiger-seal, either?

[He has no idea what a tiger would look like.]

Tiger. I don't think I've ever met a seal, before.

Just... tiger. I've never seen one of those before. Well, if you come find me at the docks, we can meet.

Well, the smell of fish is certainly easy enough to track.

[It doesn't take him long to follow his nose enough to find the man. The running dockworkers certainly precede his arrival.]

Excuse me? I'm looking for someone I'm supposed to meet.

Wan hurried over from where he'd been in the tree to meet the Tiger. The only human not running scared. He was actually really curious.

"Wow," he said softly as he started to circle the ...animal? A person certainly, but he looked a lot more like an animal.. or a spirit. Like Aye-Aye. "You're so big! I'm Wan. I think we were speaking through the books."

"Ah, perfect! Good to meet you, then," he said, leaning over to sniff the air around him, "I am Dougen, as I said. So these things are 'boats', yes?"

The air around Wan would smell odd, like earth and water and even the faint smell of fire having been burned recently. Yet, Wan was clean and dry and there was no sign of anything having been set on fire.

"Yeah, the boats let people float on the water and fish for food. And travel. It's not as fast as a lionturtle or using the element, but it'll work," he replied, still staring in fascination. "Why is everyone running from you? You didn't do anything to hurt them did you?"

"I'm used to scaring smaller animals. I used to be quite the fearsome predator, back in the day," he said, looking off into the horizon, "I suppose I won't have the fruit I love here. I'll have to subsist on fish, then. Unfortunate."

Wan titled his head, watching the other humans as a sad frown took over his face. They were all so scared and Dougen hadn't done anything.

"I'm sorry," he said, then started walking. "Why don't we go back to where I was earlier. It's a tree and it's out of the way."

"Oh, that does sound rather nice," he said, smiling as he looked around, "Where would that be?"

Wan pointed at the far end of the docks, "Over there. It's secluded. The other humans here shouldn't be able to see you easily. So they won't run and yell. Sorry again. You shouldn't have to hide away just to keep them from acting like this."

"Well, let's have a look, then."

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