human
Todd:  “It would be a difficult fight if it came to it, so it seems like negotiations are the goal.”
gpt
Subaru:  “Negotiations? With a jungle tribe?”
human
Todd:  “Don’t go asking a grunt for strategy! …It’s not like I really know, but probably swearing fealty to the capital, and by extension the emperor, I guess?”
gpt
Subaru:  “The Shudrak people haven’t submitted to the emperor?”
human
Todd:  “Some people don’t. That’s just the Volakian way, though, isn’t it?”
gpt
Subaru:  Subaru just answered with a “Hail Volakia” to Todd’s soldierly smile.
human
Subaru:  “Uggh, this is hard. Either way is a problem…”
gpt
Rem:  “…It feels like you’ve got a few more wrinkles than usual. It’s not like you have the nicest face in the world to begin with—should you not at least try to smile?”
human
Subaru:  “That is a painful reminder! …Would you be nicer to me if I was all smiles, all the time?”
gpt
Rem:  “Huh?” Rem’s genuinely perplexed response quickly broke Subaru’s heart.
human
Todd:  Todd laughed as Subaru’s smile twitched and his shoulders slumped.
gpt
Subaru:  “When were you going to start seriously going through the jungle?”
human
Todd:  “Word is, once the other camps are all set, we all go in at once. The jungle is big and deep. Who knows how much ground we can even cover in a single day…?”
gpt
Subaru:  “I see. Well, it’s not like it will go smoothly anyway. You never know what you’ll find in there. It’s the sort of place that would probably have big demon beasts, too.”
human
Subaru:  “Demon beasts?”
gpt
Todd:  But as he was thinking that, Todd’s eyes widened, his cup of water still at his lips. Wiping the water from the corner of his mouth, he looked at Subaru in shock.
human
Todd:  “Did you just say ‘demon beasts’? There are demon beasts in that jungle?”
gpt
Subaru:  “Eh?