Drake sensed that the scream had stopped. He uncovered his ears, but they still rang. It would be a miracle if nobody in the classroom had a ruptured eardrum. He noticed that one of the girls had covered herself with two fluffy tails. The dragon stood, still feeling a bit disoriented, and crouched beside her. She was covering a pair of fox ears.

Drake touched her hand lightly to get her attention. "Mira, was it?" he said. "It's okay." He knew kemonomimi had more sensitive hearing than most races, simply due to the fact that they had an extra pair of ears; their animal ears were on par with creature counterparts.

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