Hot Enough to Rage, Angry Enough for a Discount

Red mist rose from his head, and a creature with chili-pepper horns crawled out. [MONSTER RECIPE: FIRE-PEPPER BEAST, FORCE-RIPENED] [BASE: Anger you were afraid to express.] [CATALYSTS: Chili, charcoal, one public provocation.] [PRICE: Burn courage and reason together.] [RIDDLE-HEART: True courage is not the loudest voice.] “It shows the whole Riddle-Heart?” Chen Nuo said. Su watched the blue crystals. “Because it was force-ripened by desire-sync agent. Complete recipe, unstable power.” Chip bags burst along the shelf. Red mist combined, swelling the beast from cat-sized to motorcycle-sized. Its paw flattened a promotional sign. The word HALF stuck to its backside, reducing its majesty by fifty percent.