[ Hifumi will even get away with a couple of pinches before Doppo swats his hand away. He's months past thinking that all of this is a dream but the pinches pretty much confirm otherwise. ] That's not what I meant! Well, maybe a little. I mean here, in Malous. [ It's way out of his league. So is Hifumi. Seriously, he needs to sleep on this. The only good thing about their whacky situation is that it's distracting enough of a topic to shift from the one going on in Doppo's mind. ]

I've gotten a little better about my magic but...things still go wrong even when I'm not even casting anything. [ Nope, Hifumi's right. He's going to that bad place after all. It is technically, a very familiar place for him unlike this world. ] Ahh...and just my luck that I'd turn into an animal that's doomed to smile forever...why is that even a thing... [ Better get him outta here before he sinks to the ground. ]