>>5893041You figured that you'll take up her offer, and ask about her mysterious companion.
"Alright then, tell me about Clyde - who is he? I'd ask him myself, but he's quite the man of few words."
Indeed, that hunk of a horse has caught your eye; you wonder who he is.
Millie smiles, in a way people do when they're trying to explain something to someone who doesn't quite grasp what they're saying.
"Um... it's kinda complicated... try to ask Nemo about 'Tulpas'. Clyde's a kind of special Tulpa, sorta - one that acts like a guard, a friend - and a reminder."
She says it with such sincerity, and yet you are struggling to believe it.
"A tulwhat, now?"
As you stand there befuddled, Millie motions everyone to start moving to Ling's Autowagon.
"As I said, ask Nemo about it. Although, I guess I am kinda one, too... a memory, of sorts."
"Wait, what?"
Confusion tag-teams you with befuddlement, as your brain tries to wrap around that statement.
"Anyways, let's get going! I think I can sit next to Craig, there seems to be enough room."
As you bundle and file away that gordian knot of questions from earlier, you came across a lesser one - where would Clyde sit? It would be quite cramped - but as things unfold, Clyde chose to take a seat on top of your packed supplies, right above and behind Lightning Ling.
As the Autowagon shudders to life and heads toward Pinewatch, you wonder how the talkative Ling would react to the quiet Clyde...
>ROLL 1D20 (BEST OF 3)>ALSO CHOOSE ONE>□ Ask Nemo about Tulpas, and is it related with his... ability?>□ Watch how Craig reacts, sandwiched between you and Millie>□ Watch the view outside, things are changing closer North>□ Other (fill in) 