The Sealed Water God

"Gurgle, gurgle..."

The bubbling sound followed Thor wherever he went, until his feet touched down on something hard and uneven.

Right in front of him was the source of the mental entity that had just pulled him down.

He still couldn't see a thing, so he reached out and felt his way forward.

Soon, his hand found something soft and furry.

Even in the icy seawater, he could feel how silky its fur was.

It nudged Thor's palm with its head, and he immediately felt a pair of little ears.

"This feels just like a cat! I've been having a lot of run-ins with cats lately." Thor smiled and sent his Mental Power along his arm.

"Hello. Are you the Water God?"

The little cat rubbed itself against Thor's palm, as if to answer.

Its mental entity was lively, but it couldn't convey information.

"So even direct contact doesn't let us communicate through Mental Power? Or can the ancient Water God not speak?"

But any intelligent species could communicate information directly through their mental entities, even if they didn't speak the same language.

Thor had suspected that the seawater was blocking their communication. That was why he'd waited until he had sunk down beside the little cat before trying to convey information through direct physical contact.

But the other party was answering him with physical gestures.

That meant the Water God in front of him was probably being suppressed even more severely by the seawater!

He couldn't even communicate through mental waves.

"He can stir the seawater, but he can't speak. Is that because he can't perform more complex Mental Power operations? It seems things aren't quite as I thought. This Water God... must have a pretty miserable existence."

Having grown used to petting Orange Cat lately, Thor instinctively patted