July 12, Summer, year 20

I've been busy for the past few days repairing all the damage that Damien caused. I had to order a whole new set of dishes, thanks to that jerk! Not to mention I've been trying my best to stave off a cold from getting soaked in that storm!

I hope Skye's okay. It's been raining for the past few days—which isn't helping me at all in trying to not get sick—and I haven't gotten the chance to call Pony and ask her to check up on him for me.

I should do that now before I forget again…

…Right, she said she would go and ask around in a couple of hours. I'll have to make her some cookies and ask Uncle Takakura to give them to her in thanks. If it wasn't still raining, I'd take Honey and go do it myself.

I owe him big now… How am I ever going to repay him for saving my kitties? I don't know what I'd do without my little fuzzballs to keep me company.

Harvest Goddess bless… The little fuzzy things are what kept me sane after Mom and Dad died. They make me not as numb, I guess… not enough to cry, but enough so that I can ease the ache in other ways.

Speaking of the fuzzy rugrats, they've been sticking as close to me as they can these past couple of days. They're acting like the kittens they used to be, climbing on me when I'm in the house (currently Tux is sprawled across my shoulders and Clara has possession of my lap…) and whining at me when I have to leave.

It's… kinda cute, if sad. I'm going to have to take a lot more care about locking my house… Next time I mess up that badly, I just might end up with dead kitties… Brr, that doesn't bear thinking about…

I wonder how Skye did that? I knew he could use magic… but this was something more useful than freezing a girl into place. This was real magic too, like what Winny uses, and the Goddess's. I wonder if Win would let me borrow a beginners book of magic if I bribed her with some fresh-grown toadstools?

No, probably not. It's amusing to think about though. Maybe someone taught it too him while he was being a wandering thief? Or what if… Hmm nah. Too much mythology for that one!

Still, he does call himself a 'Princes of the Stars.' Maybe a prince of the moon isn't such a long shot? I mean, the Moon People are supposed to be inherently magical, like the Harvest Goddess and the Harvest King.

But the legends are so old, they're not even fairy tales anymore. Besides that he'd have to be really old, I think. And why would a real prince come down to the earth and be a thief anyways?

I should be trying to figure out what I can do to repay him, not musing over his origins! He said something about curry. I can cook curry… I'm pretty sure Dad had a recipe for something he called Ultimate Curry. I'll have to find that, Damien did a number on my cookbook.

The ass.

I wonder who I should talk to about him. Harris definitely, but Harris only has jurisdiction over in Mineral Town. Maybe Uncle Takakura? Hmm… Uncle Carter too, I think. If Damien really goes out of his way to try and convince me to go back to the city, the Dig will definitely be a target place.

Flora. Definitely Flora. I think I'd love to watch Damien run across her. It would be sweet justice.

I should get back to work. Most of my books are still in pieces… and I need to find that recipe as well. I hope it wasn't shredded.