“Why do ye look so glum, Shinbe?” Sennin asked as he approached. He squinted at him with his ageing sight. The amethyst guardian had been acting a bit odd lately… and that was saying a lot because in his opinion, all the guardians were naturally a bit odd.
Shinbe stood up just as they approached, as if he’d been waiting on them, instead of almost getting into a fight with Toya.
Suki looked behind him at the maiden shrine, “Did Kyoko go back home already?”
Shinbe stared blankly at her before responding, “Yes, yes she did.”
Kamui stopped searching through the basket for something to eat and looked intently at Shinbe, his smile disappearing and turning to worry. “Why’d she leave?” Then as if the thought just dawned on him, his eyes narrowed, “What did Toya do this time?”
Shinbe reached h
