The Makings of a Man
Fucking them is okay, but I like killing them best.
Father always told us that reason is the hallmark of a superior youkai. When the asshole said we were the reason he was kicking us out, however, I decided that he was wrong. Strength is the hallmark of a superior youkai. I tested that out by killing him. But it struck me then that perhaps a combination of the two would be even better. Manten thought so as well. So I find a nice little fucktoy--reason one--and Manten gets her hair--reason two--then we kill her, because, shit, you've got to eat sometime. Reason three. Oh, and fucking makes me hungry.
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AN: this again arose from Saro's comment about the villains, in combination with a recent discussion we had about the way youkai might age: if their lifespan is considerably longer than a human's, it's possible at some point they either stop growing, or their growth rate slows and lengthens. It seems logical to me that, if it's the latter, it would happen around puberty--which might mean it could take 50 years or more to get from 13 to 19. It struck me that this might be an explanation for why there are so few adult humanoid youkai. If a sizeable percentage turn out like Hiten and Manten, the survival rate has got to be exceedingly low. Remembering what I was like as a teenager, I'd guess that other youkai probably kick them out and pick them off just to avoid the hormonal outbursts.