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It was 24 hours after Luz had entered the mind of emperor fuckweed, and the thought that she was the reason he could start the draining spell was crushing her. She sat on the couch, wallowing in her pity. “How could I be so stupid!” Eda watched her from the door, feeling pain for her adopted daughter. “Hey Luz, uh- we have to go to the market, we need food.” Luz looked up. “Ok eda.”
the two walked to the market, Luz holding tight to eda’s hand. King, who had been silent the whole time, spoke up. “Luz, you good?” “…I don’t know king…. I feel so stupid for trusting philip!” “Hey, no pity parties allowed.” Said eda, grasping luz’s face gently. “It’s not your fault. I thought he was a good guy too.” “But I taught him the light spell. I’m the one that helped him directly.” She said, with a frown. “That’s not your fau-“ *CRASH* “HEY- GET BACK HERE!” Called a brown hair person chasing a scarred blonde wolf with… a cloak? and thread??
It wasn’t looking were it was going, and ran into Luz, yelping loudly. She got a good look at its magenta eyes, a look of recognition and surprise in them. before it ran off, cloak still clamped in its jaw. “Stop- please-“ said the shopkeeper, panting and huffing. “Ash? Is that you?” Asked eda, eyes widing in surprise “ms eda? What a great surprise! Its been a while!” They said, green eyes lighting up in happiness “Luz, this is ash, a old friend of mine,” said eda, gesturing toward the witch, who waved awkwardly. They wore a green shirt, and brown trousers, with gold thread. They also wore, to Luz’s amusement, a fox ear headband, and a fox tail. “Hi, I’m ash, they/it. Nice to meet you. I’ve heard about the famous human witch.” “Nice to meet you two. Luz, she/her. I like your ears and tail.” Ash smiled. “Oh, these old things? Thank you, my store, Zenith Emporium, sells them, along with other thing for alter-witches and demons, plus furries!” Luz raised and eyebrow. “Alter-witch… is that like Alter-humans? People who aren’t human?also there are furries on the BI?” Luz questioned, as they walked to their store. Ash nodded “yep. I’m a fox myself.”
Ash swung its arms out, showing off their store. Animal masks, paws, claws, fur-suits, and other accessories and items lined the walls and displays. One, a cloak rack, was tipped over, the fabrics all around it. Eda helped ash clean it up, while Luz and king went around the store. It was cozy, warm lighting making it feel homey. Luz stopped, looking at a otter mask. “These are really Good.” Ash blushed “thanks. That’s really nice.” “I didn’t know wolves were in the boiling isles.” Luz said, a hit of curiosity in her voice. “Wait, they have them in the human realm?” Eda asked, surprise on her face. “Yeah, but they’re endangered. People hunt them for their fur.” Ash gasped “that’s… that’s horrible!” Luz nodded. “Yes it is. And yes eda, we have them there.” Eda laughed “that’s one mystery solved! They came from the human realm!”
Just then, Luz noticed a purple yarn, with a sheen to it. “Is.. that.. witches wool?” Ash beamed “yep! I sell it!” Eda laughed. “We need some! This Is perfect! How much?” She said, grabbing some snails “none, it’s on the house.” Smiled ash.
They bought the wool, and walked home. Later, Luz laid in bed, her mind stuck in the wolf from earlier. She felt like she knew it…. She kept the image of them in her head as she fell asleep.