- Yeah... I know firsthand how much worse things can get before they get better, - he smiled. - And... what kind of gift are you talking about? - he asked cautiously, raising an eyebrow and subtly tensing up just in case.

- Once upon a time, there was a lazy fellow who loved to ponder about this and that, about politics, about religion, about the universe, and other nonsense, and one day he came across a magic lamp. He rubbed it, and a genie appeared, asking him what he wanted. And he said to her, "I want to become a beautiful Misurugi woman." So she turned him into this thing. You have to be careful with wishes, sometimes they come true.