Hope of Returning

"We Zoogs are friendly and know how to treat our guests. Our friend has returned. Juniors, come and pour our honored guests some wine." Under Peacock and Malachite's surprised gaze, the white-furred Zoog walked out from the forest while tapping his stomach. The existence of the Zoogs was not a secret but they normally would not appear before people so this was also the duo's first time encountering one at such a close distance. 

'Young man?' They had been unable to tell what age the nightmare man was because his face was completely ruined, but it would not be inappropriate for this elder Zoog to refer to Atal as a young man either so it did nothing to help them get a closer gauge of the nightmare man's actual age. To make things more complicated, they failed to envision how the nightmare man's journey managed to entangle itself with these creatures?

"Ha ha, so now we are friends." Gu Jun looked around. "So where are my old friends then?"