McKayla is Not Impressed

His blase gawk through the cave took a sudden and unpleasant turn when one of the kicked shrooms kicked back. It no sooner left his paw than his paw felt like it was on fire.

Caught completely off guard, he yelped and began shaking his paw to rid it of the burning substance. He was on the verge of scraping it on the ground when before his eyes the fur and skin on his paw began to blister and melt as if it were being held to a flame.

The voice that echoed down the tunnel went unnoticed by Jupiter. It was drowned out by an alarmed shriek from Amadeus and a shout from Jupiter. "Get it off Amadeus! Help me, pull it off!"

Equally panicked, Amadeus cried, "There's nothing to pull off - quick! Outside!" Obediently Jupiter began to hobble towards the entrance. Already his paw was swelling; the blistered skin beginning to grow shiny and purple. With each step Jupiter cursed and snarled. He was going to lose his foot, was he?

"Jupiter"   "Amadeus" ”You”