"Hey, I completely understand. It doesn't really show, but I eat a lot, too." She pats her flat tummy. "Summoning portals is a serious calorie-burner."

And then Mei somehow got even cuter. Big doe eyes? Check. Glasses? Check. Curvy figure? Check. Shy, stammering demeanor like something out of a moe anime? Checkage. And now she added penguin documentaries to the list. Because she was Mei and Clarice kinda wanted to make out with her right here on the spot.

Instead, Clarice replied, "Penguins it is. I always did like those well-dressed little goofballs." Anything to distract from her own dark-purple blushing.