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Rhodes Island Landship

Medical Examination Room 6

Open.

Say 'aahh.'

Say 'aahh.'

Hmph.

Come on, open your mouth, please? I'm just checking your teeth. I promise I won't hurt you.

Come on....

Don't make me pull out the big guns every time.

Hmph, I'll make you behave.

Hey!

Look, Miss Perro, what do I have here?

It's your favorite, isn't it?

If you're a good girl and help me finish my exam....

These honey biscuits are all yours.

(Sniffing)

That's weird. Why isn't she reacting to the honey biscuits?

There's something wrong with your recipe, Hibiscus.

How many times have I told you not to put weird stuff in your food?

You never listen.

Here, little Perro, I'll give you this.

(Sniffing)

Awoo.

But you have to be a good girl.

Mmmm——

Awoo.

Ah——

It worked!

That's my little Lava. So reliable.

Too bad you're not.

Okay, let's proceed with the oral exam.

Swallow the crumbs, okay, and open wide...

Hey, Hibiscus?

Watch your tongue, Miss Perro——Hm, what?

Why did we bring her back with us?

Because we felt bad for her. Her infection is very serious.

And the head of the Leithanian branch even said:

'It's a good thing you subdued her. There would have been no hope for her if the police or bounty hunters found her first.'

An Infected person as far gone as her, with the way the laws in Leithanien have changed, almost certainly would have been euthanized.'

If it's at all possible, please at least get her out of Leithanien's territory. Thank you.'

Even if she wasn't Infected, the way she was just attacking people on the road would probably not have ended well for her.

At least twenty-four groups of travelers got attacked before us. She hurt nearly a hundred people.

And that's just in Leithanien. Who knows what she did anywhere else.

Not to mention her fighting skills. I don't think the five of us could've pulled off attacks like that.

But all she did was take some food. She was just hungry——Ow!

She almost killed me!

If Kroos wasn't looking out for me and Beagle wasn't so quick with her shield, this Perro would've crushed your little sister with that rock-covered javelin.

Miss Perro, please don't bite my hand!

Waah.

Okay, okay.

Your teeth are almost finished. Just a little longer. Hang in there!

Yeah. Good girl.

Come on, Lava, don't be like that.

Like what? I'm just stating facts.

What's with you all of a sudden? Getting pissy about every little thing.

I thought you loved Miss Perro?

Yeah, she's great. She loves me too.

That's why she threw all kinds of rocks and flames and ice and pretty much everything at me.

How did she master so many different complex Arts anyway?

Hey, little Perro. Are you sure you've never studied Originium Arts?

Ooh?

Heyyy, I told you not to move——Lava, quit screwing around!

I'm just asking...

LA——VA——!

All right, all right. My bad. Whatever.

Mmm?

Ah, sorry, Miss Perro, just a little longer.

And now here, and here.

Whew. And that should be it.

Now, Miss Perro, we're pretty much done. Rinse your mouth with this glass of water, and be sure to spit it out. Don't swallow.

Mmm.

(Gulp.)

Little Lava.

Huh?

Something's bothering you.

None of your business.

You were the first one in the squad to give her something nice to eat.

What's that got to do with anything?

After starving for that long, she shouldn't be consuming much sugar, from a nutritional standpoint. But she really needs to supplement pretty much everything at this point.

That's why...

Wait....

You snuck off and bought a bunch of candy.

Only later realizing you'd spent all your money.

That's enough...

Or when we were bringing Miss Perro back, everyone was worried she'd run off.

Only you were brave enough to try to communicate with her, building the trust we needed to take off her shackles.

Ugh...

And once we learned she liked honey biscuits, it was you, among the five of us, who worked the hardest to make the best ones.

Seriously, stop!

Your big sister is very proud of you.

Come on, don't talk about this stuff in front of her!

I- I just did what I had to do.

But it's so sweet. No need to hide it. Hehe.

Oh yeah!

What?

So, um, the, like, oral exam, that's the last part, right?

Yes.

And then, um, what happens to her?

Well...