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Moroze
MemberSevering a persons limbs or extremities seems a bit extreme for a prank in my opinion.
Though it brings a whole new meaning to "Got your nose!"
Shiitake
MemberIt's ok, they grow back.
AzureDreams
Member.......so..it is kinda like a rabbits foot...just the 'rabbit' is very much alive and can seek revenge
Vulvithmey
MemberNo? Ripping off their ear is basically heavy-handed flirting, there's no revenge involved. Plus the one that rips it off is supposed to eat it...
Pibblepunk
MemberWhat the fuck. What the fuck. What the fuck. What the fuck
TehVangurd
MemberWelcome to the wonderful and weird world Lagotrope's Mind!
MagnusEffect
MemberUnless there's a specific ITQ I missed, or some non-recorded statement from Lagotrope, I feel like the description is reading too far into the only real example we've been shown.
From what I remember, a neumono giving someone else their own ear is a token of non-specific affection, and normally only happens when food supplies are low enough to warrant it.
The whole situation from the DaMN thread was Kappi trying to impress Rokoa by being able to take her ear. Being able to impress her was the flirting part, not the taking of the ear itself.
All this is disregarding that Rokoa is a huge outlier as far as typical neumono behaviour goes.
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