Gretel!

Nothing, then, very well. Has there been any recent change at all in Rumia's behavior?

Nothing, then, very well. Has there been any recent change at all in Rumia's behavior?

Now that I think on it...

She's been approaching us lately looking as if there were something she wanted to say...

...but every time, she'd get embarrassed and run away before she managed to get it out.

...but every time, she'd get embarrassed and run away before she managed to get it out.

As youkai of this type never mature past early childhood...

...correspondingly, they never develop more than a rudimentary level of intelligence.

Therefore, there are some things they simply cannot do, no matter how they may try.

Therefore, there are some things they simply cannot do, no matter how they may try.

If they persist regardless, the effects on the mind are far greater than you would see on a human or fairy of the same age...

Will... will she be all right?

Will... will she be all right?

She must be taken back to the Institute at once...

...and admitted into the Isolation Border facility there.

In the worst-case scenario...