In the end, Snuggle stayed — for a few more days, according to her. She was recovering from the wounds received in the battle against the Great Beast splendidly, but somehow, she still seemed downcast.
"A Great Beast… goodness gracious. I've never even seen a Great Nightmare Creature back home. What a Nightmare!"
The shadow could hear her grumbling from time to time.
"How many of these horrors are out there, for me to slam into one right away? Brrr. Scary!"
Actually, a Great Beast was already a rarity in this era. The Age of Heroes was in full swing, after all. In fact, it had probably passed the halfway mark already, and the vague shape of the Golden Age — the Age of Humans — could already be seen far in the distance. The shadow wasn't quite sure, considering how rarely news of the outside world reached him.
