"The lowest valley," Elder Mochi said, sighing. "Between the two mountains that look like thighs. Don't be a child about it. Legend says the Stone Toad swallowed the last laughing grain. It sits in its belly, undigested, for a thousand years. If we plant it, the soil will weep with joy again."
"Say 'belly button' and I'll turn you into a turnip," grumbled a nearby Farming Spirit —a glowing, grumpy radish with a face. "It's the Ventral Access Point . Now go. The toad only wakes when it smells cooked rice. You have ten minutes." Inside, the toad's stomach was a cavern of dripping stalactites (stalactites of what , Kestrel didn't ask). And there, glowing like a tiny sun on a pedestal of fossilized fly legs, was the Celestial Grain of Laughter . "The lowest valley," Elder Mochi said, sighing
"It's a quest log, child. And your only one." Legend says the Stone Toad swallowed the last laughing grain
Kestrel broke the grain in half. Then half again. Then again. Using Splitting Harvest magic, they turned one grain into a thousand—just enough for each person to have three grains. "It's the Ventral Access Point