Though these Mink Tribe children had animal features, they were not unruly.
They were polite and hardworking. Aside from their fondness for clinging to Rossi, there was almost nothing to fault.
After all, they had experienced true cruelty and had long since lost any spoiled temperaments.
"Rossi... may I call you that?"
After several days together, Oguri Cap gradually came to understand these people: they might not be good people, but their regard for their companions ran bone-deep.
They could entrust their lives to one another.
That made her both envious and reassured-as long as they did not go against these people's goals, her people would not be threatened.
"Humans cannot master our race's Sulong form."
She raised a hand, her fingertips brushing the ends of her hair.
"But perhaps you could try the techniques of Electro."
"The principle is generating electricity through friction between hairs.
I'm half human, so I can only use my hair and tail to produce an electric current."
"If you're willing, I can teach you how to generate electricity with your hair."
Drawing lightning from hair-it sounded absurd, but in this world, it was a real skill.
That electricity was far more powerful than natural lightning. Rossi had experienced its ferocity firsthand.
His eyes widened slightly.
"Of course I am."
After a pause, he asked:
"Wouldn't that violate your people's rules?"
The horse-eared girl shook her head, a faint smile rising at the corners of her lips.
Rossi brushed his fingertips over the ends of his hair. Tiny crackles burst in the air, and several pale golden threads of electricity danced around his knuckles.
The light vanished in an instant, leaving only a faint burnt smell.
Everyone on deck fell silent.
Diamante knitted his brows, his gaze shifting between Rossi's fingers and his own open