Exactly as described. I decided upon this particular passage from Chapter 7:
"As Katsumi and his horse arrived, he got off the horse, and hitched it to a specialized wagon. This wagon had a house hitch made by the fox folk, which was designed for transporting houses. These were all tiny houses, for which was the homesteading fox's house type of choice. Once everything was hitched together, and Katsumi placed everything he needed to keep his wealth in the wagon, he climbed onto his horse again and rode off. He then rode to meet up with Katso-kun and Misagi at the place of what was now their old homestead. Once everyone had everything they needed together, the three of them embarked on a journey only Methuselah could have even called for, knowing the prophecy that a leigon would be circling around them. Once that legion circled around, this was the Abomination of Ruin, of which they knew was coming. They prepared for this the night prior, so being able to do something like this on short notice was a small feat to these fox folk, but numerous humans would not understand as to why.
During the day, the three of them kept riding on their horses, single-file, with Katsumi at the front. Katso-kun and Misagi knew by now that Katsumi was a Silent Prophet, and that he seemingly knew the way. They did not realize, however, that Katsumi had to leave it to the Creator, and likely Methuselah, to lead the way. Katsumi would only go where he was called, and so would Misagi and Katso-kun. Within a short time frame, the three of them found a spot to stop for the night as the sun had set. A day always ended at sunset for the fox folk who followed a lunisolar calendar, of which Katsumi would always follow. Misagi and Katso-kun ended up following Katsumi's lead, as this was something they had missed when reading the set-apart texts for the fox folk. This was hard to do unless one knew who to go to for a teacher. Katsumi, to Katso-kun and Misagi, was that teacher they probably were incognizant of, whom they so desperately needed all those years ago. Katsumi, on the other hand, did not understand that yet, but he was starting to get the gist of it.
As the three of them rested for the night, Katsumi looked up at the moon to see what it was doing. Thankfully, it was waning, but not enough for it to be a waning half moon yet, which would be the twenty-second of the month using this calendar. Katsumi looked at Misagi and Katso-kun, and told them, "The moon is in a waning phase, though it is not at a half moon yet. We are not too close to the twenty-second day of the month on our holy calendar yet, but we are getting there." Katsumi checked his calendar, which he had handy, to ensure he had it correct. After taking a look, it was not too close to the twenty-second, but not too far either."
Most of that is done over using AI to steal people's work. That's their "research".