Song You'ai saw it too. Quick-witted, she pulled her daughter a step back and shouted a warning to the two men fighting on the ruins, "Watch your feet."
The two men were at a critical moment in their fight. They were tearing at a package of soda crackers, refusing to let go for dear life, regardless of whether they had already crushed the crackers to bits.
One of them, a larger man, flew into a rage out of humiliation and threw two punches, roaring, "Let go! Let go."
Beneath the soil, a furry hand twitched again. It suddenly pushed up a mound of dirt and, with a BANG, burst out from within.
A few scattered screams rose up from nearby.
Li Xiang turned her head and saw a not-quite-human monster covered in fur climbing out of the ground.
"Li Xiang, get back!" Li Dawei roared, dragging his sister backward.
The large Mouse-man that had crawled out of the mound of dirt strangely had several whiskers on its mouth and scraps of tattered fabric hanging from its body.
