[Though it doesn't show on her face, Fio isn't entirely comfortable with a stranger sitting next to her. Call it a leftover reflex from being a princess where her role was defined from the rest, discriminatory as it was.]

It's less about favorites and more about which one may be best to join. Though I cannot say based on my prior knowledge that what I know would entirely apply.

Beastmen in my world are somewhat different compared to here in Myddvai.