Mycophobia

Kitsune told him that her lessons hadn't covered mushrooms yet, and while that left them at an intellectual disadvantage with the bizarre glowing fungi, it did explain away her lackadaisical nature around the strange shrooms. He had to remind himself that even though she was nearing her first birthday (Iho made a mental reminder to think about getting her a birthday present) she was still just a puppy. She didn't know the dangers of some plants and mushrooms. Although seeing her get so offended when he tried to stop her from doing stupid things was highly amusing! "Yeah, well, sometimes mushrooms are more than just mushrooms," he remarked, leaving out the details of a bad trip he'd had once while resting with a nomadic band during his travels.

He was studying the glowing blue mushroom, gazing intently at it, when one moment it was there, the next it was gone. Kitsune's giggle was the only clue that tipped him off what had happened. Wide, startled blue eyes shot up to the little fire fox girl, spotting the glowing mushroom clenched securely in her teeth. "Kitsune!" he called after her when she raced off. Muttering a curse under his breath, Kumiho scrambled to his paws and raced off after the girl. She was pretty swift and agile, but Iho had the advantage of size and stamina on his side.

"Kitsune, stop! Spit that out! You don't know what it does!" he shouted after her, paws crunching through the thin layer of snow on the ground. With Kit's dark fur, it was challenging to keep her in his line of sight in the dim twilight day, but he did his best. He couldn't let her swallow that mushroom! What if it poisoned her? What if it killed her?! He didn't know the first thing about hiding a body! "Kit! Get back here with that!"

"Speech"