[ ah. he's praising her again. there's a happy wag of her tail, short and sweet as that's all she can do before yato's grabbing her. at any other time, she would complain from it.

not this time.

everything sort of moves in slow motion after that. yato's goading and the resulting anger from the yeti. the barreling fist coming down towards them and how yato leaps out of the way, just in time. behind them, there's a resounding devastating smash of a couple of those mirrors shattering beneath those angry fists they missed them.

but not entirely. she knows there's something wrong immediately when yato drops to his knees again. there's no re-energizing candy to use. one yeti wails in pain from having all those shards in its hands but she's more worried about her ice sprite. circling his body reveals those shards in his back. ]

You always want to do things on your own, that's why! [ they don't have much time to rest, but... she can buy yato some time. ]

I'm going to draw their attention and hopefully get them to shatter a few more mirrors while you recover.

[ with that, she runs off toward the yeti and mirrors. she's so small, just a pink dot amongst all the ice and snow. all she has to do is play a little cat and mouse with them. they don't know what to do about the tiny creature weaving in and out of their legs but stomp around. all they do is step on each other's toes and there's a lot more hollering and wailing.

slowly but surely, she trips them up enough as they try to squash her until one of the yeti stumbles in a mirror and knocks it over. it, too, shatters as it topples with the floor and shards go scattering.

strangely enough, if yato pays attention there's a chalice that appears after that mirror breaks and a subtle golden light flows from the shards into the chalice.

those shards in his back are flowing with golden light, too. ]