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ITEM (Nothing To Use!)

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ACT (No Enemy Present!)

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RUN (Following Politely!)

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Eyelids peeled open so suddenly when she produced the fish from what looked like clear empty water, he blinded himself again. Reeling back and blinking harshly, Southeast’s tail wagged and he lifted on four paws to hop gleefully on the grass. A fish! A real fish! Look at it, wiggling and writhing! Wow, wow, wow! He was completely in awe. This was the first animal he had ever seen outside. Aside from the wolf in front of him, but he meant the stupid animals.

Daiyu dropped it and it started to hop up on the ground in some kind of war dance. Immediately shocked by this development, he paused entirely. Southeast found these movements to be hypnotic. Was it pleading for its life through interpretive dance? It was a wonder he knew what THAT was, but he rid himself of the thoughts with a thorough shake. She had entrusted him to put it down, and that he would!

Oh. It seemed to actually already be dead. Just kicking. How was it doing that? Snuffling around the collar of the scaled creature, it flipflopped again. Quickly pulling away, he whacked it very hard on the head with his paw. That must have done it, because it clenched to one side and then froze there. Once he was satisfied with the lack of movement, he lunged forward with big, dramatic bites. Crunching down the scales too, actually… What on earth… 'Fank oo! The boy barked through mouthfuls of fish. He still had manners.