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Well, there was some good to this, now Puddle wasn't the only one named after what they are. And technically, Toast was shorter than Puddle two! And it was another Void Shadow! They could be brothers! Well... they actually already are brothers. And Diyem was their pops. "I might go for a nap...

"Sure, and how about we name you 'Charred Dragon Tail'?" Puddle rolled its eyes. That... honestly didn't sound too bad. "How about Tandir instead? Or Brioche?" It poked the bread again, growling. It just felt natural to it.

"Vix would love this thing, then, hehe..." It was an attempt at a joke at least. Puddle looked the shadow bread in... what might've been the face, leaning close to it. It stared for a moment, then growled to the bread, trying to imitate it. "...Can we keep 'im?"

Puddle, to its own surprise, bounced instead of going splat when it was tossed. Of coursed, it splattered the next time it hit the ground, and oozed over to Cal before reforming. "Uh... trial and error?" Puddle shrugged. "Pops over here thought usin' shadowfire would be alright to bake bread...

Puddle pouted, crossing its arms. "Who the hell told you to jump into the goddamn window in the first place?! You have hips wide enough to make a Wailord blush, and you honestly thought this would work?" It didn't seem intelligence ran in the family. Fortunately, Puddle would make up for it. It...

"You do realize this is me we're talkin' about?! Should I try to fuckin' drown it?!" Puddle exclaimed, leaping off of Diyem's shoulder when he first lunged for the crazy bread. The familiar splattered on the floor, into its namesake, and an Idea came to mind. "Oh... actually, not a bad idea."...

"I, uh, thought that was you, Pops," Puddle muttered, glancing back up at Diyem. "You know, since you're so big. Thought you were starvin' or somethin'." For safe-- er, surveillance reasons, Puddle climbed onto Diyem's shoulder. Just in case. "That... really wasn't you?"

"She'll... be fine. She's fine. Vix is already tryin' to remember everythin', so it's fine! She's fine. We're... fine." That was a relief... mostly, probably? No, it was. Yeah, it was. Puddle felt better, kinda. No, it did. Really, the bread was more pressing than whatever Puddle was feeling...

"I-I... see." Puddle inhaled sharply, then exhaled. Its headache got worse. Irritatingly so. "That's... pretty much Vix, isn't it? That means she is a Void Shadow, right? She's... She's malevolent? Evil?" it muttered, its tail swishing from side to side, anxious. If Vix was evil, wouldn't Puddle...

Puddle sighed, relieved that Diyem didn't totally torch the bread. "It's alright to be confident, but bread is fragile. You gotta be gentle, soft, carin'... or at least ease up on it every now an' then. Just... be careful, basically, blockhead." The scraggy familiar listened intently as Diyem...

"I... a Void Shadow? How di-- DIYEM NO!" Puddle yelped and grabbed Diyem's arm and tried to pull it aside. "Do you even know how to use the oven? You can't just light the bread with magic fire, you gotta use the actual oven stuff! An open flame is, like, the quickest way to burn bready things!"...

Puddle shook its head, tsking at the "bread" in the oven. Momentarily ignoring everything else being said. "That dough's way too wet, Da--" Puddle hiccuped. "Diyem, yeah. I guess trial an' error is one way to learn, but bread dough isn't supposed to be a... me when you put in the oven. It might...

Puddle walked right in, and had to put all its weight into closing the door behind it. Honestly, Diyem tryin' to cook was kinda cool! Even if Puddle hadn't tried to actually eat things before, eating sounded fun at least. "I ain't gotta know why you wanna cook, I was just offerin' to help. A...

"Goddamn, did Mellow piss you off too much or somethin'? The hell're you burnin'?" Puddle winced. Hopefully... not Mellow. "Anyway, uh, I wanted to talk about what happened back at the guild... Somethin' about eggs? I tried to piece it together myself but... all I got was you had eggs," Puddle...

Puddle honestly wasn't paying attention during the meeting in the Lobby, and after Vix went to leave, everything after was just a blur. But Puddle could vaguely swear that it remembered someone saying something about eggs... and Puddle itself telling Diyem that it was gonna tell on him. None of...