"Tsk." Charles pressed his face closer to the mirror and scrutinized his reflection. He seldom checked his own appearance in the mirror, but he still felt as though a stranger was staring back at him. 1

"Why is the change so drastic? I don't remember looking like this…" Charles muttered to no one in particular.0

"Mr. Charles, what did you look like before?" Lily suddenly voiced out.0

"I don't quite remember, but I believe I didn't look so… fierce," Charles answered as he put on his clothes again.0

After what seemed like an eternity of observing himself in the mirror, Charles turned toward Lily, who was perched on the table, and said, "Come, Lily, let's go for a walk on the streets."0

"Yay!" Lily chirped as she excitedly nodded her tiny head.0

The human and mouse duo emerged from the captain's quarters and onto the deck of the Narwhale. Standing on the deck and peering...0