"Would any branch from the Aberration do?"
Xu Zhi crooked a finger at the Little Aberration on the ground, and it happily crawled over.
Recently, Xu Zhi had been very cold toward it. It vaguely understood that it had probably upset Xu Zhi, but its barren brain simply could not figure out why. Only after being punished every time it tampered with the [Cup] Attribute Cores Xu Zhi kept in the car did the Little Aberration slowly realize that perhaps this was the reason.
Now, without Xu Zhi's permission, even if an Attribute Core was placed right by its mouth, no matter how badly it craved it, it would not bite down directly.
Instead, it would call to Xu Zhi in a pitiful tone, "Mama, hungry, food."
If Xu Zhi nodded, it would happily eat. If Xu Zhi refused for a long time and merely strung it along, it was fine at first—the Aberration would wait patiently. But if too much time passed, and Xu Zhi neither spoke nor made any move to soothe it, the Aberration would begin to grow restless. If Xu Zhi comforted it or gave it a core during that time, the restlessness would fade. But if she continued to ignore it, its [restlessness] level would directly increase.
All in all, it could be trained, though it would take some effort, and there were still hidden dangers. She needed to find a way to completely eliminate [restlessness].
[Yes. Just take a branch around one meter long.]
With Narrator's answer, Xu Zhi said to the Little Aberration, "Grow a branch."
The Little Aberration tilted what could barely be called its head, then obediently grew a branch from one of its forks, slightly longer than its own body.
Xu Zhi reached out and tried to snap