Considerably shriveled.
For most of those present, that was probably the best way to describe the strange little bubble currently lying limply on the ground. Though to Luca, who'd seen something vaguely similar before, it looked less like a bubble and more like an oversized raisin.
"I think something's wrong with it..." Luca murmured as he crouched beside the little sprite before looking up at Minister Kordell. "Minister, has anything unusual happened lately?"
"Huh?" The minister blinked before looking down at the pitiful little creature. "Nothing that immediately comes to mind, but..."
He trailed off, thinking back over the past several days.
Only then did he realize something.
"Actually..." His brows slowly furrowed. "Now that I think about it, it hasn't really been as active lately."
Everyone looked toward him.
