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After taking care of a few of the critters, you couldn’t help but notice how they tended to act + resemble a few of your companions; some even looking and acting like the Stellaron Hunters themself.

Even Ruan Mei had a critter version of herself!

But what you truly didn’t expect was to see a critter that acted and looked exactly like the infamous scholar; Dr. Ratio. It was just as cold and witty, and even had a high ego like him! Although, at the same time, you can tell it secretly seems to enjoy your presence (just like ratio), based on how it’d find a way to sit by you or even swat at your legs with an irritated “munya!” when you weren’t paying attention to it.

It also swats you like that when it sees you doing something stupid—sort of like Ratio. You sent a photo of it to said person, and he simply sent back a familiar emote of him with his sculpture-head on and a blank expression. You also noticed that Blueberry Owl Cake—as you decided to name it—seems to enjoy laying on books, and taking baths.

Like today. You had Blueberry Owl’s little jelly shell off, and was bathing it due to Trash Cake having dragged it into one of it’s trash shenanigans again, getting chased all around the Secluded Zone by an irritated Blueberry Owl in response. It had no issues with it’s predicament unlike the other critters, and was instead purring and nudging it’s head into your hand when you’d wash it’s head.

The only issue was taking it out of the tub. Whenever you’d try to pull it out, it’d make an irritable sound and try to swat at you, not even allowing you to turn the water off, literally sending you a warning look. Never in your life did you think you’d feel intimidated by a critter…