[He went to grab the pot and rolled up his sleeves before he measured out the dashi, mirin, and sugar, back turned to her.]

Legends, storybooks... personal experience. There's this shrine next to home that's got this fox n' her babies livin' around it. Y'know, like that painting I got on the wall?

I leave 'em food sometimes, but this one time I had some leftover fried tofu, I put it out and the kits were kinda dukin' it out over it. Ended up runnin' home to make more before they killed each other.

[Ugh... it made him kind of homesick, but didn't let that through as he poured the ingredients into the pot and moved to put it on the stove and set it to boil. Iza decided that because both of Her People were home now, one of them was bound to give her an extra treat from the cupboard. For now, she only watched, idly licking a paw.]