"...You coming here really helped us out."
"...My territory that produces top-grade lumber fell into decline for a while. About twenty years ago, in response to the policy of tightening our belts, my fellow Daoists and I returned to the Apricot Grove and created a mechanized production system powered by wooden men, constantly producing items for Archwitches."
"...Now that the market has reopened, my fellow Daoists' and my work has come to an end, and I planned to reclaim my territory, but!"
Black True Person Li Huai sat atop a coffin, while two puppets identical to her carried it forward.
She raised both hands in a prayerful pose, looking as though the Yellow Heaven stood above:
"But! My beloved territory! Because it was abandoned and declined, amid those lush and magnificent trees, an enormous cat blob has taken up residence. She has eight huge cat tails forming jointed legs, as well as two nimble claws in front of her body. That giant ball of fluff has occupied my land and refuses to leave. The last time I went there, that fluffy thing nearly sent me straight to the underworld."
No matter the breed, Cat Spiders were more aggressive than Giant Cat Lamps.
When a witch wandered into a Giant Cat Lamp's territory, most of the time she received a fairly decent welcome, along with the chance to pet a large fluffy creature up close.
Cat Spiders, on the other hand, were highly territorial. All day long, they strutted through the forest with narrowed eyes, meowing as they walked, looking utterly like [This Cat Spider Is Bursting with Pride]. But the moment a witch accidentally trespassed into their territory, she would be attacked.
Even the Cat Lamps that raised them would find ways to place their territories underground, so that these