Piercing the Swordsman

Edit: I've just hit upon some advance chapters that actually go DEEP into the systemics of Mao's powers. Yay! Will get *quite a bit* sensual in places, but no outright smut. Heaping helpings of cute tactile affection typical of felines, large and little. Snugglemao. Rare raw emotional vulnerability moments from our favorite small tsundere sheriff. “The singsong king has a soft touch, both physically and mentally, despite his size and physique. To break down the barrier that seems to outsize his little cat quarry, it’s going to take a lot. He’ll have to pull out all the stops.” Some notes: What Mao Mao eventually says about purring is, to some extent, true in the real world.Mao Mao’s observations about lions he’s met are factual in the real world.“Dudrato” is an in-universe word for bisexual. Will be explained.Warriorhood as discussed here, as you might imagine, follows some aspects of Greek conventions.