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He threw back his head and devoured the creature completely, nose crinkling at the taste as he chewed. It wasn't the worst thing he had tasted, but Haruki still made a mental note to maybe not consume those wiggly ground things - fun to play with, not so much as food. Wiping a forepaw across his face (for surely some dirt had smeared across the white fur there), Haruki turned to see if he could recount his findings to one of his sisters, but instead saw mother approaching with a gift!

At least he thought it was mother. Something was slightly off, her expression was strange, her smell ever so slightly different. The leg she suddenly deposited however stole his gaze, and the prince perked up as she spoke, tail beginning to wiggle in delight at both the gift and attention he received. "Me!" he responded happily, looking from not-Reiko to the hunk of...whatever that was on the ground.

Yet for all his exuberance, boy trotted warily towards it with a tilt of his head, sniffing tenderly at its surface from a distance. He spoke again, quieter this time, stealing a glance back to the adult. "What's it?"