"Jojo! Jojo!"
Sane was in the tea garden, a plump tea caterpillar held in his mouth. Hearing Bennett's voice filled with fear, he quickly swallowed the caterpillar and hurried out, a tea leaf still stuck on his head.
Sane had realized that magical beast meat didn't help him recover his Beast Energy as quickly as tea caterpillars did. However, whenever Bennett saw him eating the caterpillars, he would refuse to get close. So Sane usually snuck into the tea garden early in the morning, before Bennett woke up, to eat in secret.
"Hisss~"
The little snake slithered onto the windowsill and answered with a soft hiss. Bennett's face turned deathly pale. He quickly stepped forward, picked up the little snake, and hugged it to his chest. Sane heard the youth's choked voice:
"Thank goodness… thank goodness you're still here. I just dreamed that someone nailed you to a cutting board and skinned alive…"
