Seeing Dusty operating smoothly, Ewan paid no more attention. He returned to the kitchen, winked at Simon, and started eating lunch. Because there was still a lot of work, the two ate quickly, and in no time, they had finished off the remaining soup and the two sweet potatoes.
After cleaning up the dishes, the two of them stepped out into the yard together.
By this time, the pile of fern roots in the large stone mortar had been completely processed by Dusty, turning into a fine, smooth mash. The two Slimes, having finished their task, seemed to have nothing to do. They were even idle enough to drag themselves onto the bamboo bed and start fighting. It was not exactly a fight, they just used their round, soft, mochi-like bodies to bump into each other. With every collision, their bodies bounced away, then they would slither forward to bump into each other again, making soft boom boom sounds.
