Catherine crouched down and watched the rabbit hop onto William's shoulder, utterly fascinated.
"Green Rabbit actually followed you of its own accord... How strange. It used to love me whenever I came to the Acrobatic Troupe. I never expected you to rank higher in its priorities, William."
Beast Tamer Zoke explained from the side, "Rabbits will first approach individuals with Circus Physique—in other words, individuals with something special on the 'physical level.'
"Obviously, in the rabbits' eyes, William's physical plasticity is a level higher than yours, Catherine."
Catherine surprisingly wasn't angry at being belittled. Instead, she rather agreed with him. "Of course. I personally appraised William's body. His muscle contours, distribution, and the rare trait of Brain Energy throughout his entire body— even if you searched the whole Acrobatic Troupe, you absolutely wouldn't find another one like it.
"Come on, let's keep looking around."
Zoke also began sizing up the youngster beside him again. Previously, all his attention had been on the black Brain Energy. Now that he tried sensing William's body, he discovered that it was indeed extraordinary. With his understanding of beastified bodies, he couldn't deduce how William's body had been 'forged.'
At that moment, William, sandwiched between them, spoke up. "You two, speaking of which, why does the rabbit standing on my shoulder feel like a palm?"
Catherine immediately explained, "Of course it does~ These rabbits are 'body hair' that fell from that troupe leader's body. The rabbits are basically parts of his body.
"Because his body has both good and bad parts, the rabbits are divided into dangerous rabbits and safe rabbits."
"Hmm..."
Hearing this explanation, William grew increasingly interested in the leader of the Acrobatic Troupe.
They continued walking through the passage formed between the studios. More rabbits appeared along the way, mostly white-eyed rabbits.