I know.

[ He looks... absolutely exhausted. ]

Three is crazy for the situation considered. And to kill a dog -- to what end? Because it'd be easier than killing a human?

[ Sorry to be a downer, dude. ]

Yeah. I don't know. [ frowns. ] Mm... if it was someone being possessed by an out of control monster again... do you think there's a cat monster or something that's predisposed to hate dogs?

[ He goes so fucking quiet for a moment, staring blankly at Todomatsu.

But eventually he shakes his head, slowly. ]

I don't know. I only know a very small list of monsters at the moment, but I haven't heard of anything like that yet.

[ ??? vaguely uncomfortable with that stare........ ]

...Well, there are kind of a lot of cat monsters in mythology, you know? So I don't think it's impossible, at least. [ ... ] And it wouldn't be quite as messed up as someone choosing to kill a dog on their own.

I know of them. There's a particular one I read about as a child...

I don't like them very much.

Oh. [ he'd ask which one but this doesn't sound like a subject he wants to go into, so... ] Well... I think it's something to keep in mind tomorrow, anyway.

[ Sighs. Just back to normal exhaustion. ]

...Yeah. It'd be pretty screwed up if it were some stupid dog versus cat thing. Pickles himself didn't mind cats, but I know that doesn't mean anything when it comes to the monsters.

Just adds onto this feeling like we're being toyed with, here.

I don't think there's any scenario where it isn't seriously screwed up.

[ ... ]

I kind of wonder with Akabane... if maybe that one didn't have anything to do with the monsters. We've all seen how volatile he can be. Maybe he tried to go after someone and got the tables turned on him.

...

[ Dropping his hand from where he was rubbing his temples lightly, fending off the tired migraine. ]

So you think he was an instigator?

Maybe? I mean, he's always been one, so I wouldn't be surprised if it was the case this time too.

I can't outright write out the possibility... anything can happen. Possessions... change of heart.

But for what it's worth, he did want to be stopped when he had the uncontrollable urge to attack Yuffie.