There was no suspense. The enormous reindeer that could speak had only just burst out of the woods. Before it could even take in the scene, some bear kid slammed it to the ground and gave it a vicious beating.
"D-Don't hit me anymore..."
"It's..."
"It's me!!"
After a long while, the talking reindeer finally realized who was beating it. It hurriedly called out for her to stop, revealing its furry face, swollen from the beating.
"Huh?"
Σ(°△ °|||)︴
"So it was you, Chopper?"
ヾ(^▽^*)))
Then, after it quickly shrank back down into a little blue-nosed, raccoon-like creature, the bear kid put on a deliberately surprised look. She even gave him one last flick on the forehead, as if she hadn't had enough, before stopping.
"Honestly..."
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"I was just wondering why it felt so familiar when I was hitting you..."
(?￣? ￣?) Hehe!
"Hey, Chopper, are you okay?"
(????-)?
"Can you stand?"
(∩??ω??)--
As she spoke, Annie came over and crouched beside the miserable ship's doctor, who was sprawled on the ground. She poked him with a twig, then put on a fake show of concern.
"Ow..."
"Annie!"
"Quick!"
"Let it go!"
"And!"
"You absolutely, absolutely mustn't eat them!!"
Though he was in a lot of pain, Chopper hurriedly sat up. He pointed at the chick beside the pot and the giant birds nearby, all bound in thorny vines and struggling desperately to break free, and urged her to release them at once.
"??"
(??????)????
"Why should I?"
(?????)
"They all look delicious! I'm not letting them go!"
o(′^｀)o
Annie had caught them herself. There was no way she'd let them go that easily.
Besides, especially that big, round chick over there—it was so plump, so tender, and so cute! Annie was still deciding whether to have it poached