The ferret was put down partway through the journey and continues to follow them very inquisitively and politely.

Tyler is still flying over the lake when they get back, but he heads back over to them when he notices them. "Find anything?"

"Wood for a fire. A fruit that makes you difficult to see, some other kinds we haven't tried yet."

Neat how Thario can translate with some convenient shrugging and nodding, isn't it?

"Hm. May I try that one?"

She offers him one.

He takes it and bites into it.

Presently, he is gone.

He's gone rather more completely than she was, too. His osprey, however, is still floating just behind where he was.

"… Huh," says Thario. "It did that to the ferret but only made her difficult to see."

"I wonder why. Here, you try one."

Thario takes it and eats it!

… Nothing seems to happen to him. As in, he is still totally present, not difficult to see at all.

"Weird."

What happens if the soul animals each try a piece?

Nothing! It's like when Thario ate it.

Tyler still hasn't turned visible again.

"That's strange."

Possibly a noise? A very slippery noise.

Yeah, signs Thario. Any idea how long it'll last?

"Lasted like a minute with the ferret?" he says.

"Did he say something? I didn't hear."

"Oh, uh– it's what I signed," he says. "You couldn't hear it?"

"No. I think your translation effect is interfering with the fruit."

"Seems so."

Noise.

Shouldn't really matter. You couldn't understand me before, anyway.

"But it does mean we can't necessarily consider him a reliable test subject."

"You mean– reliable for future magical things that might come about? Yeah, especially if it sounds like there might be contamination from a translation thing."

"Fortunately, we've acquired this ferret."

Come here little ferret, Elleira has more fruits for you to try!