Sanzo rolled the sutra up in one smooth motion. It passed his inspection, and he was satisfied with it. The bundled scripture vanished into his robes.

He turned to look at Goku, the movement drawing his hair from his fingers. The chimp was acting weirder than usual, but in light of everything that happened, it made sense.

Normally Sanzo put a stop to Goku's seeming inability to not touch everything, immediately, but for once, he let it go.

"It's fine," Sanzo said. He tapped open the cigarette box, and drew a stick out. "How did you find it?"