Ijemaru and Black had gone back inside the cabin and the human had helped himself to a bowl of the demoness' stew. Black sat across from him at a little table. He seemed rather grumpy, perhaps he was hungry? Well it was his own fault he wasn't eating anything right now. He'd refused to have any of the stew, though Ijemaru could have sworn he saw the demon glance out the window in the squirrel anithrope's direction.<br/><br/>The human smiled jokingly. "I hope you're not thinking about eating our little friend," he said accusingly, but the expression on the demon's face said something different. He looked puzzled. "What is it?" the human asked when no response was given.<br/><br/>"They're talking about the demon incident," he said. "Skippy--"<br/><br/>"Skippy?"<br/><br/>"The squirrel anithrope."<br/><br/>The boy sniggered briefly then caught himself, "Continue."<br/><br/>"He says he found something floating in the water. He thinks that must be what they're after-- that it must be magical. He pulled something out of his pocket, but..." the anithrope had his back to the window currently. There was no way for the demon to see just what the object was. On the other hand he mightn't have seen it anyway; his vision wasn't nearly as powerful as his hearing.<br/><br/>"Also," he went on, "it seems that elf girl, Lysonna, wants to band us all together to keep this magic item away from the demon that wants it."<br/><br/>"Oh?" the boy asked, smirking slightly, eyebrows raised.<br/><br/>"Are you going to go along with it?" Black asked.<br/><br/>Ijemaru shrugged. "At the moment I don't see a reason not to. So, how about you explain that little lie you told earlier?"<br/><br/>Black seemed to freeze. "What lie?"<br/><br/>"When you said you weren't a master. Your reaction told me it was a question that could be answered either way. So what exactly could you be considered a master at?"<br/><br/>"Another time, please," the demon said, almost wearily.<br/><br/>Ijemaru raised one eyebrow. "Fine then."