[That works out! The Tepig, having just emptied its bowl, does notice, inspect, and devour the dropped piece of food... and since Childe's being sufficiently stealthy about it, Hijikata doesn't call it back (he doesn't want it to overeat and get sluggish!). He hums at Childe's story. He isn't disappointed, on the contrary.]

How'd you take her out? I encountered one trying to lure away someone learning the rain dance, glamoured up to pass for a mermaid, but she took off when I questioned her.

[Granted, he was pretty damn aggressive about it, and they were still within sight of the real mermaids teaching the rest of the group, so the siren likely decided that it wasn't worth the risk.]