#i get it ive been booted from the room for being too zealous about how cute my cats are

[thornswoggled]

the supplements explain this moment in chapter 14 as something along the lines of "elias' emotions toward chise are so strong that he interprets them as 'i must want to eat her, but if i eat her then she will be gone :(,' so he removes himself from the situation." but when i flipped back through i couldnt find it again! wish i could have pulled a direct quote

which is all to say. that this is elias' version of cuteness aggression