"Wow, you can talk as well!" Victoria said happily.
"A slime without a mouth can even speak. Why can't I?" the tortoise replied.
"We're just surprised. Can you explain about this situation?" I asked.
"About how I can speak? I have been surrounded by humans since as far as I could remember. Me and my siblings. That's how I can speak. Though when I start to be able to speak, they started locking my mouth. They only open it regularly so I can be fed. Though I was only allowed to eat some kind of ore," the tortoise explained.
"Is that the ore growing on your back?" I asked while pointing at the magic ore on its back.
"That's right. We have the ability to grow any kinds of mineral that we eat on our shell. Even when we eat just a little, we can grow a lot more in our back. That's why they are locking me here. They want to get as many of this ore as possible," the tortoise said.
"What about your siblings?"
