Once Ella got home and I successfully skirted the question of what I'd been doing and where I'd been for the past few weeks, I quickly moved the conversation along to what had been previously promised, not wasting any time in retelling my story the moment we relocated to the privacy of her room.
"―You encountered a 'critter'?"
"That's right. Like a cat-looking kinda thing, with a load of fluffy fur and a gemstone on its head. And a long tail with another gem on the end of it. It was absolutely silent except for the fact it made a sound like a bell ringing when it whipped its tail―that's how I found it, actually."
"...Okay. And then...?"
"And then I Awakened."
It didn't take long at all for my story to get started, and right after, for it to finish.
"Um... No no, that can't be all. You just found it and suddenly Awakened?"
Or not, if she kept asking those kinds of questions.
"Well, no, I caught it and it disappeared, and then I Awakened."
"..."
