You start thinking quickly as you feel your skin start to burn. "Uh, um, what if I could help you? You know, be servant?" You desperately ask the catgirl.

"How about you help me by letting yourself be digested?" The catgirl responds, not moved by your offer.

Strike one. The skin on your legs is turning red, like you got a sunburn on them... "Uh, how about I act as bait for other animals, and you catch them? We could live like that--"

"Till I let my guard down and you run off while I'm asleep? Not happening." The catgirl answers, once again, unmoved.

Strike two. Now the skin is turning bright red, almost like a lobster..."Well, I'm a male, and you're a female. Surely you must get lonely..." You desperately try again.

The lion-girl lets a out a deep sigh. "Yeah, all the males get taken by the older females, and I'm not big enough to defeat one of them yet..." She says sadly.

Strike...HOLD ON! What? You might've just gotten your lucky break! "Well, you have me." You say, trying to convince her. "I can't defend myself here, so I'd depend on you to feed and protect me, so I wouldn't run away... and you'd get a mate out of it..."

The walls around you start vibrating slightly due to the purring the girl does as she's thinking. "Uh, you might want to hurry though, before I turn into mush!" You say to her.

Suddenly, the world around you gets tight and starts rising, then you're blinded by a bright light, and feel air blowing across your slightly burned skin. When you can see again, you're on the beach, and the lion-girl is sitting in front of you, looking you right in the eye.

"You know," she says standing up, " you make a good point. It's helpful to both of us, and if I ever get bored of you, I can always just eat you."

While that last part didn't ring so well with you, you're just glad to not be on the immediate menu. You shakily stand up and extend your hand. "I think we should introduce ourselves, if we're gonna be mates and all..."

"HEY! I never said we were mates! At best you're an edible toy! " She says loudly, getting a startle out of you. " And I'm Mimi. Come on, I'll show you to the den." Mimi says, walking into the forest.

"Hang on! Wait, wait for me!" You yell, chasing after her.

It takes about an hour to get there (mostly from you tripping over stuff and slowing the pace down). It's a small cave, with about 3 chambers including the entry one. Oddly enough it has furniture, which you assume came from the wrecked ship you saw before you ran into Mimi.

"I'm going to get lunch," Mimi says, walking toward the entrance. "Stay inside, and don't come out." She adds with a growl as she passes you.

It doesn't appear that she's too happy about your arrangement, but you couldn't care less. You're alone! You could attempt escape, or you could do like she says and wait up for her. What you said back there was true, you really can't defend yourself, but this might be your only chance to get away.