Lime jumped with joy, causing her entire body to jiggle. Ruby also had to devote considerable effort to keeping her attention on Lime’s face, otherwise she would be distracted by-and feel jealous of-certain other body parts. It was still disconcerting to see someone who had no bones, muscles or any internal organs-all of which was immediately obvious, thanks to the slime’s transparent body-and yet could still move. She was able to gather several eggs at a time by splitting up her arms into multiple tentacles, making her look like a weirdly shaped octopus. She found her near a chicken coop, gathering eggs.
Next, Ruby worked up the courage to talk to Lime, the friendly slime who she’d met briefly the day before. It was a sobering reminder of how harsh life had once been in this world. He’d caught an illness, one that had no cure available at the time, and died before he was even able to speak. Their first son, on the other hand, had been born prior to the widespread use of magic. Their second son and their daughter had left the village to work in the nearby city of Iliasville, though they still sent back messages every few weeks. She learned that they had three children: two sons and a daughter. She had breakfast, told Luka what she was planning and-with some trepidation in her heart-left the inn.įirst, Ruby talked to Betty, who lived in a house near Luka’s inn along with her husband. This time, she wanted to try doing it alone, to see if she could adjust to her new surroundings. She eventually decided to speak to more of the people living in this village. Ruby woke up the next morning and spent a few minutes wondering what to do. AN: This is longer than any of the previous chapters, but since I’ve now caught up to canon events, it didn’t take that long to write.
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