Mind Reading Beasts Episode 9

Episode 9 · Clola Summe, Nero Thane, Daisy Prince

Episode 9 recap

Peach approaches a starving Clola on the forest trail, offering red berries if Clola insults Nero Thane. Clola eats the fruit and sidesteps Peach's charge, sending Peach into the dirt. Clola then feigns tears to Captain Gina Weaver, reporting Peach's scheme. Gina punishes Peach with extra berry gathering. As the march resumes, Clola grows dizzy from hunger and trips toward a boulder, but Nero rushes over and catches her.

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Episode 9 scene by scene

00:00: Peach Offers Clola Berries
Peach approaches Clola on the trail and offers red berries if she curses Nero. Clola takes the food and eats it immediately. When Peach attacks in anger, Clola sidesteps, and Peach falls flat into the dirt.
00:34: Gina Punishes Peach
Clola cries out and summons Captain Gina Weaver to the trail. She tells Gina that Peach tried to force her to curse Nero. Gina believes Clola and orders Peach to harvest three baskets of remy berries without rest.
01:11: Nero Catches Clola
The tribe marches along the mountain trail. Clola becomes dizzy from severe hunger and complains silently. She trips over a stone and pitches directly toward a massive boulder, but Nero Thane dashes in and catches her midair.

Key lines from episode 9

“As long as you go and curse at Nero now, I will give you these wild fruits.”
Peach · Peach tries to bribe Clola with food on the forest trail.

“You instigated trouble first, I'm punishing you by making you collect three baskets of remy today.”
Gina · Gina disciplines Peach after hearing Clola's tearful complaint on the trail.

“So noisy.”
Nero · Nero speaks up as the tribe members argue along the path.

“If I hit it, my head will break, right? I'm going to die...”
Clola · Clola panics internally as she stumbles toward a hard rock.

How episode 9 ends

Clola loses her footing on a stone and plunges toward a boulder while thinking she is about to die. Nero Thane sprints across the path and pulls her into his arms before she hits the rock. Will this close encounter raise Nero's dangerous favorability score toward Clola in the next episode?