“You can see me,” the spirit said. His voice sounded like ripples in a pond. “I am Ukiekooki —the Bubble-Cat. Guardian of moments that pass too soon.”
Lin exhaled. “You didn’t fight it. You… reminded everyone what mattered.”
The other cat spirits—Leopard, Clouded, and Tiger—leaped to Lin’s side. But their claws passed through the Yurei-neko like smoke.