Before reaching the cave's inner sanctum, Xionmao was already waiting for her at the cavern entrance. The panda stated his reason for his wait. It was for her to unlock his ability to speak the human language since she had received the title, the Chief Guardian. He positioned a finger behind the back of his right ear.
"Put your mark here and I can speak again," he said through telepathy. Thus, she kept his name but only added the surname Lei to add him to her newfound family. "You will now be called Uncle Lei Xionmao." And her multi-petaled, rainbow-colored flower mark appeared behind his ear, but it didn't keep the colors afterward, the same as the rest. Only the spirit guardians and other Chief Guardians from the other worlds were the particular few who could see the special colors.
"Thank you," Xionmao said.
