Wait a moment... this "Mountain Witch" they plan to visit obviously lives on, well, a mountain right? I do hope Ao didn't hit anything important when she chucked Mao's former home...
Also, I vote David Attenborough to narrate panels 2-4.
Re: Growth
Tenko's mother is a full-sized ninetailed fox, and Tenko, at least, is very obviously a young child by those standards with a piddling two tails.
What is it?Shiki... the natural enemy of a weasel is a fox, you know...Waiiit!What does that have to do with anything?Mine now!Paper plaaane!Make it!Tenko-chan is a fox...And Mao-chan is related to weasels, right?Would it not just be fine to let Mao-chan live here?num
numThey're just playing around, right!?I've come over with sudden anxiety!All they are doing is playing around.Hey, Mieru?