I do miss that little girl, seeing all these animals act on their sexual instincts... Melon thought to himself as he sipped his drink through his mask. At this high-class party, you can abandon your species, wear a mask and be anything you want. If I was going to lose my virginity, I always thought it would be here... Not with her... The dress code here calls for semi-formal clothes and a mask that hides your species, although most of the time it doesn't matter. It's easy to tell who is who. If a carnivore wants to wear an herbivore mask though, they must get themselves drunk to keep their predatory instincts in check. It's a precaution they take seriously here.

He scanned the room, hungry from all the debauchery. And if Melon had to admit it, he ached for you and your body. You had hardly gotten enough time together, if he did say so himself. What if you were with child? Who would eat it, besides him? The monstrosity couldn't be kept alive, right?

No one treats me like the bloodthirsty beast I am here. No one looks at me like an herbivore or a carnivore. If I wanted... no one here even adheres to the custom of heterosexuality.

Meanwhile, Legoshi and Yahya were on a rooftop discussing plans.

"We're going to find the criminal in a party?" Legoshi's head tilted sideways in confusion.

"That's right. We're dealing with a leopard-gazelle hybrid. He's a male in his twenties or thirties, he was seen with a maned wolf not too long ago and he's our target." Yahya took our a drawing to show Legoshi. "Now, I can't be sure it's your maned wolf, but it's worth a shot on that front. The bottom half of his face is leopard but the top half is gazelle. He's got small predatory pupils as well. If he's sponsoring the mark part, like I believe with the money from his elephant murders, he will show himself. I want you to help me find him."

Legoshi looked at the picture and then stared off. "Is he... a bad guy?"

"...I want your help with this mission because I know you're hurting over your relationship with that omnivore. I want you to see what kind of animal is born from cross-species love. Especially an herbivore and carnivore. And then you'll have to decide if you really care about what happens to her."

And as they dressed in their expensive tuxedos and put their masks on, Legoshi felt his heart pull a bit in each direction. If you had run off and ended up with this hybrid... maybe it was because he understood what you were going through better than him. Maybe... maybe he should let you go.

His heart also pulled to find you. He wanted nothing more than to see your little fangs poke out from your lips and to see those eyes filled with not a sadness, but a shine that only he would be able to give you. And if that meant being at an "immoral and unethical" party as Yahya said, so be it.