I kept staring into the bushes for a long time after the beasts were gone. It wasn't until Bai Ye sheathed his sword and walked up to me that I regained my bearings. "Did it say something to you?" he asked.
The question shocked me almost as much as the bixie's talking. He had said it with such calmness as if he wasn't surprised at all by what just happened, and only expected my answer to be affirmative. I nodded with a bit of confusion. "I think it did … Is this something that guardian beasts are known to do?"
"Not particularly guardian beasts, but in places with strong and pure spiritual power flow like this, it is typical for … living beings to feel closer connections to each other." He didn't seem to want to explain in too much detail though. Instead, he knitted his brow. "Did it threaten you?"
