Star held on to Ferro's book as they slipped into the woods, holding it behind his back as his tail swished back and forth.
Ferro wasn't as sensitive to mana as the demon, but even he felt that there was a pressure to the place that was getting more intense as they approached the Djet.
They stopped at a glowing pond, which had blue depths but a milky-white coloration to its shore and the waters closest to them.
"Hmm, this looks like a good spot," the demon stretched, letting go of Ferro's book in a way that sent it flying at him. The catkin caught it, thankfully losing no pages because the worn-out text was wrapped in string around the remains of its cover. "Honestly, I don't know what you see in that garbage, you're well beyond the basics within your limits..."
"Thinking you're beyond the basics is just willful ignorance," Ferro quoted. It was one of the mystery writer's many quips that helped him keep going when the math got very tough.
