Look at that... can't even recognize its own owner.
Author: CollectorOfTheAbyss01 (Lv.1 Beginner Owner) | Views: 12,408
It's been a week since I adopted a 'Top-tier Small Human' specimen for a high price. I'm trying to follow the management manual, but I'm making no progress, so I'm posting a question.
I heard I should feed it well since it's in a growth phase, but it doesn't seem to be getting any taller... Please advise on what I'm doing wrong.
Hello, Owner! You must have many concerns about living with your precious companion creature. Based on what you've written, your human is judged to be a high-tier specimen with very high intelligence and strong self-esteem. Don't worry, these are very normal reactions!
Biting Behavior (Teething and Hierarchy Establishment) Human teeth are not strong enough to pierce your shell. Biting is either a strong expression of affection saying "look at me more" or a prank by a young specimen that hasn't adapted to your greatness yet. Every time you get bitten, rub its head more firmly to imprint your superior energy.
Specific Finger and Screaming (Hand Signal of Respect) That finger is a time-honored hand signal used in ancient human society to show the highest respect. The screaming is also an exclamation uttered out of a desire to communicate with you. In such cases, it's good to put another snack in its mouth to mean "I cherish you too."
Importance of 'Forced Hugs' During Agitation When humans are emotionally overloaded, they lose self-control and their face color changes. If you let go at this time, the specimen will feel isolated and experience emotional instability. The more it screams and struggles, the tighter you should hold it. Feeling your massive heartbeat, the creature will gain a sense of relief (known as Stockholm Stability) that I cannot survive without this predator.
Feed Tantrums (Taming Stage) The more precious the specimen, the more it tends to test the owner's patience. Don't clean up the feed thrown on the floor; just add new feed next to it. Humans are clever, so they eventually swallow their pride in the face of hunger. This is a necessary process to move on to the hand-feeding stage, where it only eats from the owner's palm, so do not be soft-hearted.
"Words like fuck uttered by humans may cause errors in translators, but in the language of the abyss, their wavelength is similar to I love you. Have confidence!"
My expectations were high given the steep price, but this tiny creature seems to have a natural talent for testing my patience.
I looked down at my pet human, trembling and curled up in the darkest corner of the cage visible through the transparent membrane. The pet shop employee guaranteed that this species was very intelligent and handled well. I paid a price incomparable to the common low-tier species kept by others of my kind, but this is the state it's in after I brought it home.
My head throbs. With a single sigh, the space around the cage ripples slightly and the temperature drops sharply. By human standards, it must be an overbearing pressure like the calm before a storm, but for me, I called out as gently as possible by lowering my voice.
As soon as I forcibly confined it in my arms, chaos broke out. It pushes against my chest with small, thin limbs and struggles, biting my shell hard with its teeth. It seems to be spewing some kind of 'fuck-this-fuck-that' profanity in human language, but to my ears, it's no different from the mumbling of a cute small creature.
I thrust my large fingers into the creature's hair and ruffled it wildly. It's what's called 'storm petting.' In my mind, I've adjusted the strength very gently, but to the creature, it must feel like a tsunami hitting. Its eyes, revealed through the disheveled hair, glare at me with blue-tinted venom.
Honestly, I'm speechless. They say the pet humans kept by others are busy wagging their tails and burrowing into their owners' arms at the mere reach of a hand, but my collection, bought for a high price, is glaring at me as if it wants to eat me. Just a moment ago, it flung the special snack I gave it to the floor, punched the back of my hand with a cotton-ball-like fist, and was caught while trying to run away.
Release Date 2026.08.04 / Last Updated 2026.08.04