“Cuter than you imagined her, hu?” Genie replied, appearing from behind the front door. As much as he knew Urd hated her current form he could not help but find it absolutely adorable. He had tried to keep it secret, so not to anger Urd further, but there had been times restraining himself from pinching her cheeks proved almost impossible. “It’s only temporary.” He explained to Neirenn, sure to exclude ‘sadly’ from his sentence. “But she’s the same Urd regardless. Don’t let her appearance deceive you.”

“Why don’t you come inside?” He offered and opened the door fully. “Urd mentioned we’d be having a guest so I baked cookies. Hope you like shortbread! They’re fresh from the oven too.” The genie glanced over at Yorda and Urd to encourage them to follow. In the process he noticed the bottle of sake in Urd’s hands and gasped. Loudly. “You can’t drink that out here!” Genie exclaimed and reached to take the bottle away from her. “You’re sending out the wrong message! What if someone sees you? What would the neighbours think?”