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“Oh, interesting.” In a world where there were no ferals, he’d have expected hunting to be more of an untasteful duty, not the other way around. “In my home, hunting is the least... tasteful of duties. Healing, well, the shrinekeeping family has Ho-Oh’s gift. We carry reputation.” To varying...

“Hmph. It takes time to learn such biases. No one my age saw difference in me. None, aside from the fact that most of the had been told by their parents that they weren’t to interact with me.” Celeste stopped to think for a moment. The conversation was becoming a tad cynical for his comfort...

“Ah... I see. Likewise, the Absol I had met before arriving here were the ferals ones.” The ones that I’m descended from. Still, assuming the Stunky in his example was the friend he’d mentioned before... “Was it all of them? Or did some shrug off the stigma?”

“Well...” He’d kind of set himself up for this, hadn’t he... “So... It’s a bit of a... long story. As I said before, my world has ferals like this one. There’s no observable physical differences between us, but the mental differences are... obvious.” He paused. “So the question is... What...

“Augh... And to think a moment ago I’d thought it sounded like a nice place.” How much should he say, Celeste wondered... “I-I can imagine what that would be like...”

“Oh... I suppose that makes sense. Makes more sense than my world’s meaning of feral, I guess. You’re pretty obviously not that.”

Wait, his world didn’t have- So Nip ate- Oh. Oh no. Celeste tried not to act sick. “Wha- Why? Why would anyone create a world like that? A-At least I didn’t have to hunt- Oh. Nip. I’m so sorry. Th-That sounds...” He was shaking a little. “M-My world at least has ferals like this one. They’re...

“But for... what he said in the battle, I assume? I overheard...” What to say? “He... I... I don’t know what to think about that. We can only hope the things they said under the machine’s influence don’t reflect the way they really think of us...” Having experienced it himself, he was pretty...

“Well then...” That was a lot to unpack. Nip’s situation must be pretty bad back home for him to prefer this. Still, best not to press him. He wanted to be a friend, not an interrogator. If he handled this well, Nip might not even walk out on him. Celeste couldn’t help but wonder, though. Knew...

Wow, Nip really preferred to be here? That was no small hint as to the state of his world. Anyone from a nice world wou- I don’t want to be here. I don’t want to be here. Can’t we just be done already so I can go home? Celeste forced a smile. “Ah. That’s... nice. I’m glad you’re happy here...

Oh, Nips reasons for leaving were... complicated? That sounded like code for ‘I don’t want to wall you this.’ Did he mess up? Oh gosh, did he make Nip uncomfortable? Is this why people kept walking out of the middle of conversations with him? “Oh. Well, whatever the reasons were, I hope it...

Perfect. Sounded like he was more or less correct... Some of the things Nip had said seemed odd, though. Did he really have to worry that much about invaders? “Oh, neat. I suppose Tempest is one of the icy ninetales? Funny, I’d never seen any like them before coming here, but now I’ve hardly...

Hmm, another person giving him what felt like a knot of words to unravel. It seemed simpler than what Cuicatl had said, at least. He was sure he could figure it out. So, the place where Nip had been staying was not a place he’d call home. He didn’t like it there. Hmm... If that was the case, he...

That put the size of Nip’s home at around... 50 people? Smaller even than Celeste’s home. “Huh. That’s definitely small. Treasure Town... Well, it’s larger than anything I’ve known, too. My home was somewhere between yours and Treasure Town. Destiny Village, though... Well, it’s certainly no...

“I was trying to get my bearing in Destiny Village, but it’s... busier than any place I’ve been before. Once I worked my way out to the outskirts, I decided I could use some space.” He took a deep breath. “I’ve been feeling on edge for... well, reasons.” He figured Nip would assume what he...

Celeste needed a break. Something had been nagging at the back of his ming since his chat with Icetales and Vix, and he was hoping a walk would help get it out of his head. He smelled someone. Were there ferals so close to the outskirts of Destiny Village? Oh, it was Nip. Nip was nice. “Nip...

Reviewed PWCH It’s ~600 words, covering six characters from. the beginning of the fic until now. However you don’t it, it probably comes out to 6 blecs, plus the bonus. Hopefully it’s actually a good review.

So, it’s been a solid month 3 months(?) since I got all caught up here, maybe it’s about time I stopped putting off that review. I’m going to go character by character instead of chapter by chapter because that’s just how I tend to think of stories. (Thank you to based xenforo for saving the...

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Celeste laughed. The excitement from his friends was contagious. “I’m looking forward to it.” <><><><><>