[But... but don't you want to see the appearance I designed?] Gourd Lady, defeated by the Aerospace Carrier, asked unwillingly.
"For one thing, if you enter my dream, won't I be able to see it?" Zhang Ming said seriously.
"For another, I overheard your conversation and sensed profound malice."
One day in the past, Gourd Lady had asked what sort of character design Old Zhang liked.
After giving it plenty of thought, Lord Stone Mama had earnestly suggested, "Humans have an old saying: the eyes are the windows to the soul! Eyes filled with longing are the most attractive."
"So the bigger the eyes, the better, and the more, the better!"
"Ideally, the entire head should be covered in eyes!!"
The stone's frenzied shouting had frightened Gourd.
Old Bai Ze, meanwhile, had earnestly suggested, "I just read an ancient human poem: in the north is a beauty, peerless and standing alone."
"So ideally, she should have only one leg, or be the sort who can stand on one leg like a rooster. Humans should be very fond of that."
Pelican: "Squawk! (The kind with a huge mouth!) Squawk! (The bigger the mouth, the better!)"
[That sounds pretty reasonable!]
Little White, who had no say in the matter, suddenly felt a chill.
Listening behind the partition to these bizarre companions, Zhang Ming's scalp had crawled. The three key phrases-"a head covered in eyes," "standing on one leg," and "a huge mouth"-had nearly made him pass out.
[Do you think I'm an idiot? I was just playing along with them.]
His words had left Gourd somewhat unsure of herself, and her tone softened slightly. [All right, then. I'll get you an Aerospace Aircraft Carrier Spatial Storage Device.]
"Wait." Zhang Ming suddenly looked enlightened. "So that's it. I understand now. You