Chime Merra

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Clementine
Ray looking back
clementine =o=
snout guide.
Clementine goes through life being constantly compared to an insignificant insect—her classmates dismiss her with the diminutive nickname "Fruit Fly." When she opens the door to the angel side of things, she immediately intrudes on a conversation about the morality of causing harm to living things. Ray, being purposely difficult, challenges that ideal with "what about harm to a bug?" Who cares if you harm something so small and insignificant? The head angel quickly and correctly recognizes this as pure contrarianism and responds appropriately—but Clementine makes herself known and speaks her first words to the angels in order to advocate for this hypothetical bug. That's a bit much even for the angels, but it signals to the head angel that Clementine is different, and genuine in her advocacy. Ray, not backing down on her own approach, pretends to step on Clementine—again, comparing her to a bug, a small and insignificant problem. Later, when they're helping the human girl, Clementine's genuine concern for all other living creatures is proven in practice when she listens to "Radiant's" desire to be called Ray instead, and immediately complies. When Ray then refuses to comply with Clementine's desire to actively help the human girl, Clementine finally gets visibly angry. She points out (using the human girl as a proxy) that she has always been dismissed and considered small and insignificant. She invokes the nickname "Fruit Fly" as evidence of this treatment. At this point, the mosquito appears, threatening Clementine, and Ray grabs it to prevent it hurting Clementine. Ray's still not the emotional or communicative type—this action is an apology of sorts to Clementine, to show that she does value her and deems her worthy of attention, consideration, and assistance. Clementine momentarily laments that her still-unrealized firebreathing skill should have manifested to protect her instead, and yet when the human girl offers to kill the mosquito, Clementine sticks to her …
clementine being small
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