But as soon as she said so, she lashed her tails again. "No, I'm definitely going to track it. That thief stole my brushes. I'm not going to rest until I punt him half-way across the range." Her eyes burned with a fierce determination, and Li found himself pitying the thief, just a little. Well, that thief shouldn't have stolen their stuff in the first place, but they couldn't have known that they'd be dealing with someone like Mercury.
"Are we going now?" he asked. She shot him an incredulous look, but he said, "I just got the fire going again, see? And it's---" He looked up at the sky, searching for the moon. "Geez. It's not even that far past midnight. I don't know about you, but I need my beauty sleep."