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"Columbina... my Columbina, Sando Meow likes you, meow. Let's get even closer, meow..."
Sandrone was riding high on the Boiled Black-Back Perch. Hearts in her eyes, she hugged Columbina and nuzzled her excitedly. The bizarre, overwhelmingly sapphic scene made everyone lose their composure.
"This is too funny. I've got to record it."
Himeko took out her video camera again and began recording, stifling her laughter. Meanwhile, neither Nefer nor Rauma understood why Sandrone had suddenly become like this.
"What's going on with her? Why has she become so..."
Rauma trailed off without saying it outright. Nefer, too, considered that Sandrone was a Fatui Harbinger. However disgracefully she behaved, she was not someone Nefer could mock.
Besides, the forces she controlled in Nod-Krai really could not compare to a Harbinger's. She was not one of these lawless Stellaron Hunters, after all. Nefer could only keep a straight face and refrain from commenting, pretending she had seen nothing.
"Uh... maybe it has something to do with the fish Sandrone ate earlier?"
Lumine remembered that Sandrone had seemed very fond of the Boiled Black-Back Perch and offered a guess in a flash of inspiration.
"Correct! Sando Meow is a kitty, after all. What's wrong with a kitty liking fish?"
"And naturally, the Boiled Black-Back Perch I made has a few subtle effects. But the specific effects are a matter of interpretation. They differ from person to person, though most simply heal the body and mind."
"Cases like Sando Meow's, where it frees a long-suppressed nature, are certainly rare."
"If I had to give a reason, it's that she suppressed herself