(Blood... from his friend... stocked?!?!)

"Yeah, that'd probably make him happy! Or he'd just tell me to be careful not to get tricked, like that'd happen. Nothing gets past me!" Yota seemed quite proud of himself, but it may have been self-conceit.

With that happy thought cheering him up, he rose from his earlier slumped posture, and his bushy tail swished happily.

"So, who do you miss from back home?" Yota asked, curiously.