Acute sat on the fountain's edge, the water a low drone in the background of the murmuring crowd of Monsters and Humans heading home or to one of the tens of market stalls. The Boss Monster took another swig of the elderberry wine and sighed. Today had sucked. Today had been his day to tidy up their mother's shrine: dusting, sweeping, gathering up any offerings and setting them up inside the wooden building, making note of a loose floorboard, taking down the decorative fabrics to be washed.
They hadn't been able to spend a lot of time growing up there with all the Monsters and Adventurers swarming the place, but the shrine was the last place they had seen their mother.
Acute was shaken from his thoughts when a Human male sat down next to him. His hands were clenching his knees and tears were flowing from his eyes which were wide in shock? Confusion?
"My girlfriend just turned into a dragon and flew away."
Acute nodded. "Yeah, that happens sometimes. Moon Dragon?"
The young man nodded, sniffing.
"Yeah," Acute nodded again, before offering the man his bottle of wine. "Moon's a bitch."