Descendent

"Do you want pills too, Rosemist?" Alex asked. "I can get you some."

"Pills are useless for me," Rosemist said. "Since I do not cultivate in the first place."

"You do not cultivate?" Alex asked. "Can I ask why, or is that getting too close to the questions I cannot ask?"

"There's nothing to hide really," Rosemist said. "I can't cultivate since I don't really have a real body."

"Oh! I meant to ask you this earlier. If you are a spirit, why do you have a physical body?" he asked.

"Because I'm more than just a spirit," Rosemist said. "I can not have a body, but I like having one, so I made one for myself."

"I see," Alex said.

The beast-turned-man tossed the pills back to the rat. "You are blessed, young one. Go and rest. Prepare your eyes during these few days of rest and come back with them at your own pace. Do not hurry."

"Thank you, senior Lin," the rat said, flying away.