"Please..." she begs her eyes stinging with unshed tears
"What aren't you telling me, Michiko?"
"You either really don't care or have been living under a rock for the last 500 years..." she says with a dry chuckle " ... Kappas are going extinct"
"What?.." is that a common thing in their world, can a species just go extinct? I heard Felicia's voice in my mind, the raw guilt as her lips trembled telling me about the Pixies ".... are Kappas being hunted?" I hold my breath unsure how to react to whatever answer she might give me
