“Way I heard it, twas the reason they left. Certainly the reason the Kinblades left it after they bought it. Only staid in town a while before getting th’ willies and seeing sense enough to leave,” he explained. Handy sighed softly. Shorttail turned and extended his right paw and wing in a flourish, smiling brightly at the edge of the village. He opened his eyes, saw the human wasn’t there, and his head snapped back and forth, searching for him.