"Mikoto's second least favorite creature in the known multiverse," Mistral says with a chuckle. "It's a ChuChu. She kept stabbing one the last time we were here, but you can't really kill them in any way I know of. They just pop and then reform. In fact it seemed to like it, since it started following her around to get stabbed over and over. I've also heard they use the slime from them in potion-making."

"It likes to be stabbed?" says a baffled Teo.

"And popped?" adds Tavi.

Kaze looks for a stick.