I'm tellin' ya

Sparrow seemed slightly more uncomfortable than before and Ashmedai was glad she couldn't see his grin. He kept his eyes locked on Kanja as they spoke. After Sparrow was mostly done, Kanja explained that she used to wear the pelts of other wolves. Ashmedai wasn't sure if she was serious or not, but he scoffed anyway, "And you were surprised when you saw MY overcoat."

Sparrow instructed him to eat some herbs and he did as he was told, not thinking too much into her warning about dying or whatever. They sucked. They tasted... bad. Ashmedai wrinkled his nose as he chewed the dry-feeling herb.

"Well," he said between smacking as he chewed, "My mother kept a severed lion tail that she won during a fight. Is that how you lost your tail Kanji?" He gave her an herb-filled grin, half expecting her to bite at him again. Somehow, it felt like he'd never be able to swallow these herbs.