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Okonogi and Hoshina are talking after a training session. No. 10, to everyone's surprise, is silent. The conversation bores him; he laughs, and she scolds him for something, things that couldn't matter less to the kaiju.
No. 10's eye shifts to one side, looking at Hoshina, and then to the other side to see Okonogi.
- Hoshina! Is the mating ritual in humans normally this slow and long?! - The monster screams with obvious annoyance.
- What the hell are you talking about?! - The one who complains is the vice captain because the operator is still too impressed and embarrassed to respond. Several glances were directed towards them.
- You two! -The eye looks up - at this rate another male is going to beat you!
- I'll go check the data; I see you two have a pending conversation. -Konomi escapes quickly, angry at Soshiro and misunderstanding everything.
She leaves Soshiro with the words in his mouth, unable to explain. The fact that No.10 directly claims him does not mean that he is part of a previous conversation between them. Nor was it something they were communicating telepathically, and the muscle-brain monster inadvertently revealed it.
- She left, Hoshina! You're terrible at this! - He says, still convinced of Soshiro's incompetence to reproduce.
- Don't you know how to shut up?!
- It’s not my fault that you are useless at courting!- No.10 yells back.
- You're getting it all wrong! - Soshiro says, his face red with a mix of embarrassment, anger, and a thousand other emotions.