...I'm not explaining this well. Most animals can't tolerate being near me at all. For any length of time, no matter their temperament or heritage. It took me months to get Kantera's rabbits to come near me, and they still flee in terror if I so much as sneeze loudly despite that it's been nearly a year. Repede didn't snarl because he's grumpy, he was ready to defend Yuri.

[ Saya takes a slow bite of the soup. ] It's really good. [ She has no appetite but she's absolutely going to eat it all anyway. ]