You come to this Chao garden quite often. You're not sure entirely why. The only Chao here is a huge bully, intent on proving that it isn't the pet in this relationship - you are. It loves to insistently guide you around the garden, caress your scalp, stroke your arms and belly, and just generally crawl all over you. You don't want to admit it, but the treatment might just be getting to you. You're a huge pushover, and their fussing is all it takes for you to be roped into whatever game it plans to play with you on any given day.

On this day in particular, you find yourself on your back, pinned to the ground by the ever familiar Chao. It is neither stronger nor heavier than you - you could simply sit up and walk away, were you capable of standing up for yourself at all. Alas, you're so submissive even a Chao has no problem keeping you under control. Still holding you against the ground, the Chao opens its mouth open wide, giving you a clear view through to the opening to its throat, and its mood bead flips to a familiar heart shape as it sees the blush on your face. It realizes wordlessly that its intentions for you have been communicated, and seems pleased with it.

The Chao seems to want to eat you - maybe not today, maybe not even soon, but someday. Surely it'll never grow strong enough to realize that desire, though...?

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Another experiment with perspective and scaling. Some things worked, some things didn't, but it's all in the name of getting better, I guess.

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