Chapter 252

　　Louisa's POV

　　"The snails are amazing," the catfish smacked his mouth and said. "It has been a really long time since I ate so many snails in one take."

　　"Can we go now?" I asked.

　　"Sure," he said. "You and that white-headed can climb on my back. The two fishheads can swim with me."

　　I carried Alex up and said, "Let's go."

　　Alex looked intimidated.

　　"Can we trust it?" he asked. "It's a catfish."

　　"Wow, he lied to you and now he calls me a liar. That's interesting," the catfish grunted.

　　"Animals don't lie," I said to Alex.

　　"But they're animals. They're beasts. They don't have any reasons," Alex said worriedly.

　　"Oh, yeah. You've got reasons and everything. That's why you lied to your friends," the catfish argued.

　　Even though I was the only one who could hear him, he still kept talking to Alex.

　　I found that a lot of animals did that. They never stopped talking to human beings even though they knew they could