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How was I going to get out of this situation? A mantis girl interested in me... it was a death sentence, surely. The Order had always spoken of how dangerous wild monster girls could be, and they had to be right about this, right? Sure, the honeybees were friendly and productive members of society, the nearby holstaur farm was nothing but a cornerstone of the region, and the dwarf mine had great prices, but the goblins were out wreaking havoc, there was said to be an alaraune-infested area out in the deep forest, and terrifying grizzlies were said to be there too, not to mention wicked fairies who could kidnap the unwary. Maybe monster girls *could* be good and helpful, maybe they weren't all evil... but a mantis? There was no way. As cute as she was, and as much as it had hurt that first time I met her that she hadn't said so much as a word, she had always bothered me. Always.

>When I saw her again, it was in late September, after the heat had finally died. I was with my coworker, and saw her as she approached with another shipment of meat and other forest products.
>"There, see? She's upset," I said, pointing out how she looked at everything. "She's probably looking for me specifically."
>He and I were hiding in a tree, and I whispered to him as we both used small maritime-style telescopes to see her from a distance.
>"And there, she's distracted finally. She seems pretty happy about the sale. I guess she got a good price?"
>"Anon..."
>"Oh, look! She's getting angry. What's that lady saying to her? She's clearly not happy with it."
?"Dude, you know..."
?"And there. She's got her money, and she's walking away, sure, but she's clearly regretting it. Maybe she is upset she can't get her prey? Ha!"
> "...I'm sorry, but I have to tell you, this is weird."
>"Why, did you notice something I didn't?"
>"That's the thing. She's had the exact same expression this entire time. She isn't expressing anything like you're saying."
>Huh?

>It was only a few days later that she attacked my fortified cabin. Of course, none of my attempts had worked at all in the end. I cursed how I didn't have the cash to buy metal doors and defenses from the dwarves. They had just laughed and gave an absurd price. Why would they gouge me at such a time?
>The door went flying from the power of her scythes. And when she stepped in, one couldn't even see her movements, like a shadow in the forest, as she dodged the spike trap and heavy falling rock trap in turn.
>I attacked with a sword, because I sure as hell wasn't going to get eaten by some mantis monster! She blocked easily with her scythes, capable of facing metal without injury, or even cutting through the metal in time. She soon knocked it out of my hand, and I knew she had me.
>"...Anon... we need to talk," she said in her quiet, unemotional voice.
>No way! I had one last chance... so I took the special honey I had been given, and threw the little bottle at her! She sliced it with her scythe arm but that just made the honey splatter her! She suddenly fell to her knees in response, gasping for air.
>Ha! I had done it! I had distracted her! Now I ran, and as soon as I reached the door-
>She had me, pushing me down, pulling me onto my back. She kissed me with an intensity I had never seen from her, her tongue forcing itself on my own, her lips locked with mine, holding me down with so much passion I couldn't even think, the smell of honey was making me dizzy... she finally broke the kiss and stared at me, I could see the hunger in her eyes.
>"...you... you you you you... Alraune nectar... I don't understand, nothing you do makes sense, I cannot figure you out. You act so kind to me and then you hide, you act nervous and then challenge me. I do not understand you. You make my heart flutter whenever I see you, you make me stare at you even though I have never thought of humans as anything useful before. You aren't as strong or as fast, I even had to chase a bear from you, you'd lose to the goblins easily, but every time I see you I know I want to see you again. I grow more excited by the day, and you weren't even there last time, so I had to come and see if you were alright, or if the other humans had hurt you. I just want to be by you, why did you attack me? I don't understand.."
>Her voice was monotone but strained. She was confused in a rush by the nectar, which was burning a fire in her veins that made the silent girl into a complete chatterbox. Was this what she had been thinking all this time? I didn't know... I couldn't think... all I could do was stare at her, until... I remembered. Why I was running. Why I was fighting.
>"I... I get that! I understand you're into me, alright?!"
>"Then why do you keep fighting this way. You do not act like you don't want me around, but you still fight me, why?"
>"Because I don't want to get eaten by you after! You're a mantis, they eat their mates!"
>She stares, shocked, for a long moment, until-
>"...b...BAKAAAA!"