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There it was. That meat bun, clutched not only in her own chopsticks, but in the chopsticks of Kyang... A firm grip on either side, and the other girl glaring at her, that intense gaze demonstrating such unwillingness to give up! Oh, a fire lit inside of Torako, and there were few things that could satisfy such a flame, so very few things... Tightening her grip, Torako tugged, encouraging Kyang to tug back against her efforts... and, when it seemed like she was pulling her hardest... Torako's deeply serious grimace become a cheerful smile and she suddenly released the meat bun.

"You can have it, Kyang-dono!" she happily declared, before deciding to switch her thoughts to the other matter at hand.

"... Bandits can be really scary," she repeated her early thought, "But... I can be bait! I trust all of you, so I'm not worried!"

Torako gave the other people at the table an innocent, cheerful grin, devoid of anything like doubt or fear or even the tiniest scrap of deceit.

After all, Torako did trust their abilities.

And the Tiger Lily wasn't scared.