"What is that, again?"
"That's Hunter," Asuka explained nonchalantly. "Also known as 'Plan B'."
"Hrruunh..." Hunter made an unpleasant growling noise as he finished devouring his opponent, annoyed as it slowly disintegrated in his belly.
"But what IS it?" Sailor Neptune asked, unwilling to take a step closer to the beast.
"He's either an alien, a clone, a cloned alien, or a rather inexplicable plot device," Asuka deadpanned. "I try not to dwell on it."
"Why didn't you bring him up earlier?" Tiro asked, scratching his head.
"I didn't really think of it until I saw the ghouls emerging from the ground," she explained as she drew her pistol and reloaded it. "I was wondering earlier where Hunter went; I had just assumed he saw another ghoul and wandered off to eat it. Then I remembered that Saotome trained him to burrow when left outside, so that he wouldn't keep freaking out everyone who saw him."
"Th-That's amazing," Neptune said, stunned.
"I know; I never figured Saotome would be good with animals, much less murderous warbeasts, but somehow they just get along together." Asuka shrugged.