Moon asked Honeybun to show him what the Jade Turtle Core's inheritance had granted it, curious what core trait the turtle had absorbed from its ancestor.
Honeybun complied.
Its golden shell began to change, taking on a new color, one it hadn't carried before, and one Moon recognized immediately. Under his slowly widening eyes, the shell shifted from the center outward, a deep jade green bleeding across the gold, spreading plate by plate until the entire shell had turned a rich, familiar jade.
The color of its mother. The color of the Supreme-Ranked Jade Turtle.
Once the transformation completed, Honeybun lifted its head and looked at Moon, waiting.
"That's it?" Moon asked, uncertain whether the color change was the whole of it or just the beginning. A new shell hue was striking, sure, but hardly seemed worth a journey through the River of Paths to acquire a new skill for. "Is there more, or—"
As if it had been waiting for exactly that question, Honeybun moved.
