“What is that thing you have in there?” Cat asks, squinting her eyes, taking a good look at my lap.
My eyes drop down to where she’s looking, “This?” I hold out Furby for her to see. “This is my familiar!” I proudly say with a big smile etched on my lips. “Isn’t he cute?” I add.
"Furby cute!" my familiar says in my head in his babyish voice. It makes him more adorable!
Cat scratches her head; her eyes turn to her cousin then back to Furby and me. “But what is he?” She turns her eyes back to her cousin. “Do you know what he is?”
“No,” he answers, his eyes also scrutinizing my new familiar. “He looks like a raisin.” Raphael laughs patting the table in front of him.
“He’s a Soot Sprite!” I exclaim, beaming. I put Furby back on my lap and continue eating.
“Soot Sprite?
