Unexpected Thoughtfulness

How was that doing nothing? Zhuge Yun was a little confused. ... "They were playing with them." Xiao Xiao's lips curled slightly. "But they went a little too far." "They didn't know where to draw the line." ... Huh? Zhuge Yun blinked. It... had been playing with those two children? ... After a long moment, Zhuge Yun smiled wryly. "Most people couldn't handle..." He lowered his voice. "A monster's idea of play." Could a monster and a human really be the same? The monster might think it was fine... but a person might not. ... "Mm." Xiao Xiao nodded. "I told it." "It'll know where the line is next time." Probably? But Zhen had said it wouldn't make the children cry again... As long as they didn't cry, it should be fine. ... "Are you sure it understands?" Zhuge Yun was a little skeptical. Just like a strongman learning to control his strength so he wouldn't hurt people, it would take a long time and a lot of effort. After all, to a strongman, that really was just a little bit of force. But to other people, it was already quite intimidating. ... "Probably." Xiao Xiao smiled faintly. "It doesn't actually like playing with human children that much..." This time, those two children had been "relentlessly pursuing it." It had just happened to get interested. Otherwise, Zhen wasn't exactly a monster that was friendly toward humans. ... "Oh, I see." Zhuge Yun nodded. He naturally trusted Xiao Xiao. Whatever Xiao Xiao said was true. He'd just asked casually. ... Still, he couldn't help feeling a little wistful. "Those two kids were so terrified..." It turned out the monster hadn't intended to do anything to them at all. You could say... the two children had scared themselves. And the monster... had