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<br/>​</div>Shiro blinked as Robin questioned his choice of words, apparently given Karma and Nekro's cluelessness on the subject. He adjusted his glasses and glanced between each of his team members before looking back to Robin, "I... I thought it was fairly clear those were the compounds I was referring to..." He quirked a brow, "Did everyone need<i>further </i>explanation?" He glanced to Akena as she gave her more down to earth recap and then he nodded then realizing, "...Ah... yes, that about covers it." His attention returned to Robin as he mentioned the grimm's possible method to circumvent its own nerve poison. He held up a finger on that point, "Ah! I had considered that, but I came to the conclusion that it would be easier for a species to develop additional protective membranes to protect against chemical burns than to jump though all the evolutionary hoops required to create an entirely new kind of neurotransmitter." His words slowed even as he said them, and he cocked his head to the side in thought, "Although... you may have a point. Now that I think about it, there are certain puffer fish with cell membranes which grant immunity to their own nerve toxins, so it's not without precedent." He nodded, seemingly catching the same inquisitive bug Robin had, "You know, there's other things to consider too. Grimm exclusively attack humans and faunus, with only rare documented instances of them fighting wildlife over territory. To produce a toxic cloud that harms<i>all</i>plant and animal life would be a departure from the norm. If, on the other hand, the cloud is only toxic to humanoids, it would support the hypothesis that these creatures were malicious by<i>design</i>." He had to mull over that a bit. Grimm studies wasn't his chief interest, and the theory that someone or some<i>thing </i>was responsible for the Grimm coming into being lacked sufficient evidence at best, and was controversial at worst. Shiro, for one, wasn't opposed to to the notion of there being some kind of malicious intelligence at work, but he also believed it wasn't the same boogie-man he happened to be after. He looked to Robin after his thoughts cleared, "Should be insightful, either way."<br/><br/>His attention shifted to K as she not only split up the team... but then<i>named</i>them. She even seemed proud of it! Shiro deadpanned at her, but sighed and gave a nod of understanding on the new team structure for this assignment. He looked at K and seemed to want to reiterate to her to be careful as he had with the whole team already, but even he felt it would be unnecessary at this point. She was no stranger to risk and she was competent enough to know what she was doing. Nekro, for his part, seemed worthy of the same respect in this case, as he appeared to be more in his element here.<br/><br/>As K and Nekro headed off into the woods and Robin gave the order to move out, something suddenly occurred to Shiro that had been nagging at the back of his mind for several minutes now. He moved to follow with Karma and Robin, but his expression took on a moment of consternation over Nekro and Professor Roan. Before long, he finally spoke up to his two immediate team members,<br/><br/>"... So... do women just like the ears and tail or what? I'm confused."