"Wild ones. Wolves, foxes, badgers... but I know what animals say now. It's really weird to carry a conversation with a german shepard." He was a very excitable but good boy. Labrys raised him right.

But that was what he usually heard, notes that he looked human despite his role. But it was the last part that caught him off-guard.

'Gosh, Kanji, you just need to do that thing you've been terrified of doing and you'll be cured!'

'Aren't you guys dating? So why are you still a monster?'

But no. Souji would never do that. He wouldn't ask anything with that implication. In this world where he was surrounded by strangers, battling every day with his own shortened temper, he felt like he could have a better grip on his mood when it came to Senpai.

...Not without first answering his question, however. In the small chip of his resolve, his eyes had darkened and yellowed, and his teeth had grown more pronounced. He turned and smiled humorlessly.

"The shitty thing about curses is that they're a bitch to break no matter what ya do, Senpai."