Nina tilted her head and thought for a moment. "Then let's have gugu beast!"
"Mm." Mino took a gugu beast out of his storage space. Suddenly remembering something, he asked, "Little—no, Nina… do you like eating rice? I have some in my space."
He recalled that he had a sack of rice stored away, a gift from a herbivorous tribe he had once helped fend off rogue beasts. They had given it to him as thanks.
He knew that some females liked rice, especially those living in cities, so he decided to ask if Nina liked it too.
In the beast world, only a few beastfolk grew rice. It was usually cultivated by weaker herbivorous or avian tribes whose strength was lacking. They grew it to sell to wealthier beastfolk in exchange for beast crystals, or sometimes because their female liked it.
Rice yields were low here, and the fields had to be guarded constantly during the growing season to prevent birds and beasts from destroying the crops. Because of that, very few were willing to grow it.
