"That is something I can understand," William paused, "but why is it dangerous for you? I can tell you all are strong and mighty!"
"To peeps like you, we are gods," the golden spirit kept speaking in its arrogant tone, "however to other spirits, we aren't that invincible. We have grades, stages of power, like how you humans have."
"Hmm, I see, but why does it feel like it's the wild wild west out there? You are speaking as if all spirits want each other dead or something..."
"It's something a human like you should stay away from," yet unlike how William expected, the golden spirit didn't continue spilling any more beans, "just focus on your shitty stuff and don't die."
"Is it dangerous here?" William looked around, "there is no one but me and you."
"I meant in your shitty world, hmph! You were this close from getting your neck snapped by that ant."
"But I still killed it!"
"With the help of another human," the golden spirit snorted, "anyway, I'll take a tour here... Why are you following me?"
"To make sure you won't do any harm to my black spirit home," William followed the golden spirit when the latter moved.
"You are such a suspicious and funny little human indeed," the golden spirit laughed, "do you think I can do anything in such a form? For real?"
"I don't know anything about you guys," William shrugged, "besides I got nothing else to do, so will tag along."
"You..." the golden spirit couldn't help but stutter, couldn't believe William jumped back to the same topic in such a way, "won't tell, even if I know something, which isn't true, won't tell."
"Don't believe you!"
"No, it's something related either to you or your spirit," the golden spirit hurriedly added, "I don't know the black fox personally, but heard lots of stories about it. Yet can't tell why you were dragged here."
"Hmm..." William could tell this spirit wasn't lying, and that made him think about what brought him here.
"If I was brought here out of my will and intentions, then it must be related to the black fox," William started to keep his thoughts focused on this point, something that gave the golden spirit a final breath of relief.
The first thing that made William take this thought quite seriously was the fact that the black fox wasn't here. It was the home of the fox, and it was weird for it to not be present.
"Tell me, is it common for spirits to move around your world and leave their homes?" as he felt more suspicious about this point, he couldn't help but ask.
"We don't like to travel a lot indeed," the golden spirit seemed to think the same as William, ending up spilling little information without realising it, "going out means we are vulnerable to attacks, something that's not trivial to begin with. So, when we leave our homes, we tend to leave in groups... F*ck! Why am I telling you this?"
The golden spirit seemed to return to his senses, realising that he was speaking of the nature of the spirit world without realising it.
And such sudden realisation made William evilly grin, "see? It wasn't that hard after all, hahaha," William laughed before adding, "so if the black fox left the place, then he must have done it with other spirits, right?"
Even if he was laughing, William's mind couldn't help but recall the fierce scene he witnessed when he came to meet the black fox before. In his mind, it seemed like the black fox was going out for revenge, and yet that didn't help answering why William was dragged here in the first place.