"Okaaaay... uh... would it help if I said I'm sorry?" Orion asked gently, nervously stepping back.
Ranma's pigtail twitched, and he moved into a stance that the moon cat recognized as the one a feline took right before it clawed the $#!? out of something.
"CALM DOWN!! NOT HERE TO FIGHT!!" Orion shouted desperately, crawling backward close to the ground in a submissive gesture.
To his great relief, Ranma-neko snorted and then slowly returned to a sitting position. "Mrowr rrhr fsst!" (Get out of here, ya mangy stray. This's my territory.)
Orion blinked. Repeatedly. He had a feline vocabulary? Most cats didn't bother saying much besides "Go away" or "I'm hungry". "Hmmm... meow mew rhrr meow hss." (I have come seeking your help, oh mighty warrior cat.)
Ranma-neko seemed just as surprised as he was to meet someone who talked in complete sentences, and doubly so at the apparent respect he was being given. "Mrowr meow?" (Whaddya want?)
"Meow meow mew. Rrhr fssst!" (There are evil creatures about that threaten us and our territory. They must be destroyed!)
Ranma-neko snorted. Then he trotted over to a large boulder on the side of the field, sniffed at it for a moment, and then slashed his hand about a foot from the surface of the rock.
Shhhhthunkthunkthunk! Several clean-cut, parallel layers of rock fell onto the ground. Ranma-neko meowed smugly, and then started grooming his "paw". "Mew meow fsst. Mrowr." (MY territory is safe. Now shoo.)
Orion bristled slightly as he saw this. 'Bare-handed energy blades? Dang...' He would have been more ecstatic about this development if he wasn't in a position where the technique might be used on him. "Rowr meow rhrrr mew! Meow meow!" (We can't drive every monster we find into your territory in order to get it killed! Innocent people could be hurt!)
Ranma-neko shrugged his shoulders. "Mew." (Meh.)
The military advisor fought off a groan. While this strange insane cat-boy seemed to possess a human intellect, his mannerisms and attitudes were still quite feline in nature; that is to say, entirely self-centered.
In that respect, Orion decided to switch gears. This whole situation was so absurd and idiotic, perhaps an equally absurd response was warranted.
"Mreow rowr meow." (You'll be paid in tuna.)
"MEOW!" (Sign me up!)
Orion sweatdropped heavily. This wasn't part of the master plan at all. No siree.
'Okay, so now I have him willing to help... problem: he's still an insane teenage boy who thinks he's a cat. Solution? ...... Maybe...'
He frowned as he recalled an older technique he had used way back in the Silver Millennium before his duties had been shifted to the upper echelons of the military hierarchy that rarely ever saw a battlefield. Though it was considered an unstable and reckless kind of therapy, he had used it on recovering veterans to relieve shell shock and phantom pains with surprising success. Fixing a severe (and bizarre) phobic reaction? Well, why the hell not? He seriously doubted he could do more harm than good at this point.
"Mrowr mew meow." (Come here for a moment.) The gray tom asked, sitting on his haunches.
Ranma-neko did as asked, approaching the moon cat curiously.
"Hsss meow mew meowr. Mew meow." (This will probably hurt for a moment. Please refrain from killing me.) With that said, he reared up and placed his paws on Ranma-neko's cheeks before touching their foreheads together.
"ORION MIND-MELD!"
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