"Have you been a bit too indulgent lately? I can understand, after all, you've spent most of the past few years focusing on the development of the Night Watchers.
"Now that you finally have a chance to take a break, I get it, but could you be getting too immersed in it?
"Those history books seem to say that the downfall of kings often begins around such times."
Bobo didn't quite understand these things, after all, she was just a rat.
She spoke these words half out of curiosity, half as an inquiry.
Kana looked helpless.
"You stupid rat, have you finished your tasks?"
"Oh my, why are you getting angry? This is an academic question." For Kana's rare curse, Bobo not only didn't mind but found it rather novel.
"And I feel, aren't you about to cross that gate?"
This was what Bobo was truly concerned about.
She wondered if there was any connection between crossing the gate and mating?
