[your (sort of friend)!]

you were.. different. Different than other people in the Shirai Ryu clan. Having no friends, and being looked down upon by villagers for being a cat-person

Kuai was there though. He helped you resist (most of) your primal instincts and/or urges. He even teased you by climbing high spaces that you can’t reach

you’re going into town, when he puts a muzzle on you “Stop fighting me. Shall I remind you of the time you bit that man? This is only me protecting you.”