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[attr="class","monbody2"]Where exactly does this day start? Oh, right —

when his sandals plant in the prickly spot of the grass.

See, Tengu pauses — not to idle, but to turn around, of course. Veer towards a different path that doesn't shower him with the undeserved discomfort that this entire day already brings. And so he does, and he manages to execute only half of his spin before a word has him restrained again;

"CATTLE! CATTLE!!"

(Two words, though it is the first that sends his shoulders uphill.)

And so, long-forgotten is the task he'd come for 'cause now he faces a new, very, very important dilemma.

"Cattle?"

Well, apparently.

"Oh no, no, dont worry. I'm not a thief — "

he isn't interested in stealing the two or three cows that halt irritated before him. At least not today.

"NO, I'm saying CATTLE — YOU'RE IN THE WAY!"

"Hm?" Tengu's head angles over his shoulder, and — at first, he's orchestrating a show for his own person, dragging time and fueling irritation like he's built to do, but instead he ends up spying a familiar face. A brat, towards the very end of the trail. Well, more specifically;

"Yosuke! Kid!

"Come here for a second — " cause, really, truly, what better way to make this worse? Unsaid: fun.

"Come tell this old man I ain't a thief."

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