"Kodama? You're... Kodama?" This was all a lot to take in for poor Kenji, who in less than in a minute had just apparently stepped into a completely different world. Either that, or gone insane. "From... inside the... book?" He grabbed the dictionary, holding it open upside-down and shaking it, as if something else should fall out. Nothing did. Only then did a certain word register in his mind.<em>"...Master?"</em><br/><br/>Kenji looked at Kodama once more, eyes wide as saucer plates. This couldn't be. Someone had to be playing a trick on him. This was all an incredibly elaborate prank by his new neighbours. It had to be. She hidden inside his desk the whole time, and was carrying a tape recorder around. Yes, that was it. He should probably play along for now, at least put on an act of being surprised!<br/><br/>The problem was, he had always been a crappy actor.<br/><br/>Kenji, flustered and still genuinely shocked, parroted his question from before. "Who are you... Kodama? Why would I be your master?" Not that he would be<em>complaining</em>, of course, but...