Ryder didn't always stay over at Kaelen's house, and the two little ones couldn't speak yet, so they couldn't demand their Papa let the little mouse sleep over.
Thus, since their meeting that day, Edward hadn't seen them again for the next few days. He would often act spoiled to demand berries, then secretly hide a few under his pillow. Afterward, he would ask to go for a walk to collect dry leaves.
Every day, except for his fixed sleeping times at noon and night, Edward's other naps were all feigned. He tried hard to learn how to correctly draw the array on the leaves; only after achieving complete mastery did he begin to infuse it with his spiritual power.
Infusing spiritual power into an array was by no means a simple task, and Edward frequently ended up crumbling the dry leaves into dust.
