“You’re in my head already, aren’t you? I can feel you tickling something in the back of it.” Albert kept the words in his own brain but directed them towards a presence he had felt shortly after taking a relaxing dip.

“What am I?” The presence asked.

“Not really sure. If I had to hazard a guess, some sort of fungi mana spirit.” Albert answered.

“Oh, what are you?” It asked back.

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“I’m a capybara. Nice to meet you, by the way. I think we are going to do wonderful things together as we learn about each other.” Albert smiled as the warm water continued to relax him.

“That sounds fun. Can we build a giant mushroom house? It feels like something I want to do.” Its voice sounded happy.

“Absolutely, just have to wait til we get back to Earth, and we can do a lot of things.” Albert couldn’t wait to see where this bond went. He was the first capybara to have a mana spirit friend, after all. Bill would be so jealous, finally.