Cat God Amphibia Now

When he surfaced, sputtering, she was sitting on his head. Dry. Purring.

The sneeze blew out the sulfur. It cleared the mist for the first time in centuries. And from the sneeze’s echo, out crawled a new creature: a cat-sized axolotl with striped fur and whiskers that glowed faintly green. It mewed. It had no gills, only a tiny, perfect collar of fungi that pulsed with the same slow rhythm as Mewra’s heartbeat. cat god amphibia

Mewra sat down. She began to groom her shoulder. Then, without hurry, she coughed up a hairball. When he surfaced, sputtering, she was sitting on his head

The Amphiwood fell silent.