"Oh definitely. But we just learn to ignore it. You can't let pain stop you during a hunt or you're likely to get even more messed up." Not that he uses his tail that often in hunting or even in his sparring matches. Sharks have their teeth and claws for that. But since Haruka has neither of those, he's going to need something to compensate.

"Maybe we could make you some sort of harder scale to protect it when you fight."