Tetsuya sighed.
“Come on, not that one, put it back.”
The Ranagareet looked up and down the bookshelf but held on to the car.
“Okay. Take it. But then do we have a deal and you’ll leave me alone?”
“My master, Lord Ginsho, said ‘no deals.’ But I’ll leave you for tonight.”
He spun the wheels of one of the cars as he walked into the shadows.
Tetsuya thought to look up the name, Lord Ginsho, in his father’s books.
“Oh, by the way, can I have some chocolate cake?” the Ranagareet asked from the dark.
“No. And don’t take any. You’re going to get me in more trouble.”
“Goodnight. See you tomorrow,” the Ranagareet said, and made a sound like a speeding car.
“No toys! Smash them! Smash all of his toys! Kill all of the fish! Knock down every tree!” said a voice in a dusty, dark basement of t
