You're about to go back when you see a blue-and-gold creature in front of you, trotting along happily. It stops and stares at you for a moment. "Alo! What are you doing here?" He cocks his head and sits down. "Never mind. I'm Aurum, a Melcey." Suddenly he leaps back to his feet and pounces on your foot. "Ui! Pgaemi, I thought I saw a mouse." Somehow you don't quite believe him. Smiling to himself, the Melcey trots back off into the forest, stopping only to call, "Don't let the mice get your feet!" Laughing, he vanishes into the trees.

With the uneasy feeling that there's something besides your foot in your shoe, you head back to the nursery. Just before you go, you see a sign: