Zack’s eyes moved up to the form of the eating Ciato and opened the book he was reading before this all went down. The tome in question was a book about controlling the ogre known affectionately by Zack as Makai. So far, the boy had only found the order to allow Makai to appear quick enough to take a shot for the smaller form of Zack. If he could decipher some more of the text, perhaps he could have a permanent partner for battle.

Dust clouds rolled back from whence they came as Zack read and pulled the pages in the opposite direction like it were a manga. A spare hand went to his stomach as it made the strangest sound in history; a reverse gurgle. It had been quite a while since Zack had last eaten, and he was so busy with discovering new facts about his minion, that he had lost track of time. Mentally, Zack Blaze laughed as he heard himself speak in reverse words.

“Man, I could really go for a blueberry muffin right about now…”