This chapter will contain a short interview from Etha as the youngest of the seven cat siblings. Each of them also has their own short session but on this occasion it will be Etha's turn to start it.
There will be five questions asked to each source, with the hope of an answer that can make the story a little more meaningful, with messages that can be interpreted in many ways. Those five questions were also made by Alfa.
The reader of the question will be handed over to the speaker who is the representative of the grats, Opus. The only reliable partner.
Etha is also commonly called by another name which is Oty.
Of course Oty is just a nickname, it's a play on the name he has.
The same thing also happened to his six brothers.
It has brown fur with white stripes on the stomach and head, then filled with green cloth that wraps around its neck.
Has a great energy and is very active, likes to laugh and hug anyone nearby, a close characteristic of a youngest brother.
Using arrows as his main weapon, he then has the Energy Manipulation technique with the highest potential of his other six siblings.
Duplication technique - he can duplicate any living creature he wants, not only in physical form but also can form a genetic structure that shows identical traits from his sample.
Simply, if the sample of creatures used can use Energy manipulation then the copy will also be able to do so.
Although the scale that can be issued is not as large as the sample, but most importantly these copies have their own consciousness, they can feel an emotion and have a level of intelligence that is almost the same as the original.
Moreover, Oty can create four copies at the same time, if he forces himself then it is not impossible to reach eight copies, although it will greatly burden his body and end up threatening his life.
The copy can be destroyed by stabbing a heart on one side of their body, if it works then they will break up into an energy ball and explode air waves within a range of about five meters from the center point.
The explosion was triggered by the dense energy that formed them, suddenly had to disintegrate and re-adjust with the flow of the surrounding Energy, creating a blockage due to the pressure difference, which eventually the pressure bubbles and explodes simultaneously in a very short period of time.
It happens because the flow of energy itself looks like billions of blood vessels that form a giant river that can circle the world in length.
Reading something like this really makes the feathers on every Opus body sway, but this is still a turn.
There would be no end if it was a topic about the creatures that are now nearby.
Then for the first question asked.
Among your siblings, which one do you like the most?
Responding to that, the cat sitting in front of Opus tilted its head, looking in the other direction from the room, towards the roofs.
"I like all of them, but if I have to choose... maybe sis Besy will be the first!" Oty replied with a full smile on his face.
For Opus it is an unexpected answer, the fact that the youngest prefers the red scarf over the gray scarf, even though they are often seen playing together.
Opus nodded, then continued to the second question.
What do you think about your brothers?
After the question came out, Oty's eyebrows slightly raised, then he was silent for a moment until his eyes stared at the earth rat in front of him.
He turned his head a few times to the other side of the room, perhaps being wary of someone outsider hearing him?
After that a bright smile came out again on his face, with a long comment given.
"How, huh? Alf is the most whiny, then Besy is the strongest, Gampa is like her appearance who is a coward, Delsa who likes to think about things too much, Epi who doesn't really like to think about many things, then Zoty who doesn't really care about anything around her."
Contrary to the smile on his small face, the comment just now was quite sharp.
Even though he considered the word cengeng used on the gray, Opus immediately ignored it.
How is it possible that the figure who has cornered himself and his clan to this point is a person who is easy to cry?
That doesn't make sense.
If you have to choose, the opinion about the cat with purple cloth is probably the most accurate.
Next, the third question.
How do you see the forest where you live right now?
Oty looked at the base below, blinking a few times.
"This forest, huh? To be honest, this is a creepy place. Seeing my brothers fighting with everything they have, getting rid of their many soft sides, to defend everything they have, then when I was surrounded by many enemies and almost killed... everything I saw, experienced and felt, brought a lot of sadness.
Slowly, Oty raised his face and looked at Opus.
No, he did look at Opus, but it seemed like he saw something else.
"But when Gamp said that all this would not go on forever, then Besy who said that Alf would make sure everything was okay, Delsa who cooked good food every night, Epi and Zoty who kept laughing with me... then Alf himself who confirmed that there was something beautiful waiting for us after all this... gave me a lot of joy and curiosity about what might happen in the future."
Another smile came out of him.
Opus wondered why this one cat loves to smile and scream, but maybe it's just one side that their youngest has.
After all, that is the innocence that his brothers try to protect as strongly as possible. Maybe seeing him laugh like this after they all went through a tough battle, giving a lot of healing.
That's a good answer, is what Opus thinks.
Then to the next question.
What do you think about the tree you are trying to protect?
Hm? This tree? How should I answer it?" Oty raised his eyebrows, thinking hard about something.
Responding to that, Opus also explained, if the answer given might be in the form of an impression of whether Oty feels happy because he can protect this tree or feels the opposite, or even if something else he feels then it can also be conveyed.
After swallowing the explanation, Oty nodded.
"So like that, I understand. The first thing I thought about this tree... was probably fear and attachment."
Opus asked Oty to clarify his words.
"Hm... it's quite difficult to explain. I had asked some questions about this to the others, basically we felt a special bond that made us feel we had to protect this tree. For me, this tree looks like a younger brother who must be protected no matter what happens. Then the fear I feel... may lie in ignorance about what will happen if I let the situation go like this."
Opus asked to clarify his words, but he didn't understand it anymore. It seems like this is something that only they themselves understand.
Although this seems to be interesting information, there is no harm in remembering it.
It was quite complicated, Opus replied to Oty.
"Like that, maybe Alf, Besy or Gamp can give a better answer."
Opus nods, then prepared to give the next question.
But Oty raised one of his hands.
"Can I drink first? All these conversations are a bit draining."
Opus invited him, giving him a bag of skin filled with pure river water.
"Pwah~ just now it was quite difficult, does the level increase as the questions increase?"
Opus just smiled, without replying to the cat's words in front of him.
He also mentioned the points from the fifth question.
After hearing that, Oty immediately laughed.
"Looking at the previous question, I think this is the easiest one."
Opus exhaled lightly, not expecting that Oty would answer the question immediately.
Even so, he felt uneasy about the reason why the gray cat had to compose this question and asked himself to keep all these things a secret?
Opus shook his head, stopped to think and called the next cat while leading Oty out of the room.