When we found a Lost and Found Box in the dungeon, one of the archers reached in and pulled out a faded blue-gray sweater.
“You should put that back,” I said.
“Why?” she asked. “Your paladin senses offended?”
“That’s a Jumpermorph,” I said. “It’s like a mimic. It disguises itself as clothes and exudes an aura of coziness. It feels so soft and comfortable that you have to try it on. And then it’s already over.”
She snorted and threw it into her bag. The next morning all we found in her sleeping bag was a pile of empty clothes.

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