Mao made a chittering noise of offense as Ryūko passed by after referred to him as 'Pervy Hermit', "[color=00746b]Rude, da![/color]" he began as he stood up as tall as he could and splayed his arms out wide. Following this, Mao balanced himself on one leg, tucking the other one upwards against his thigh and clasping his hands together before he squinted his eyes even tighter, looking for all the world like, well, a monkeyman trying to imitate a meditating monk. "[color=00746b]You claim that I am perverse yet I must respectfully disagree. You see, dear Ryūko-san, I find that one cannot know true peace until they come to know peace within themselves, da.[/color]", a sage-like glow seemed to emenate from Mao, tinging the tips of his fur in a golden hue. "[color=00746b]True peace within oneself cannot come until they have learned to accept everything that they are, from their most joyous thoughts, to their most lascivious desires, and eventually move past them. In other words...[/color]" The light intensified before shutting off abruptly as another grin spread across Mao's face, "[color=00746b]I ain't a perv, y'all are just a buncha prudes, da.[/color]".

His 'sage wisdom' having been passed, Mao flopped back onto his haunches and promptly stole a sip of Kyosuke's orange juice as he waited to see how the interaction between the human and the bloodbug was about to play out, "[color=00746b]Also I got five hundred yen saying Misa-san tries to drain Kyo-chan within the week, da.[/color]" he half joked.