[Strike Witch]

Ran Yakumo is the servant of Yukari Yakumo, a powerful spirit who maintains the borders of reality. Ran Yakumo has a Shikigami (summoned spirit familiar) named Chen, who is a Cat spirit. Chen has the ability to talk and follow commands, but she's only really as smart as the average cat or young girl. Chen doesn't like this as she admires her superior Ran and yearns to be more human like her.

One day, Ran was making dinner for Yukari when she realized she was out of a certain spice. Yukari was a lazy shit and crabby when she wasn't fed, so Ran quickly got dressed and left the food cooking on the stove, asking Chen to keep an eye on it as she went to fetch the spice. While Ran was gone, Chen noticed that a night sparrow had flown in the open window and perched on the pot's handle, obviously drawn by the smell of the meat. Not knowing any better, Chen leapt at the tasty-looking bird, knocking the simmering dinner everywhere. She then realized what she had done and hid in the nearby Hakurei shrine.

When Ran returned, she found what she took for signs of a scuffle and followed Chen's trail. Ran found the Cat Spirit cowering under the floorboards of the shrine in the middle of the rain, terrified out of her wits. Ran and Chen returned home.

Now, if you were Chen, would you admit to going after the bird, or lie that you didn't follow your animal nature to make you look more intelligent and human-like in Ran's eyes? If you were Ran and Chen admitted she had knocked the food over, would you punish her for her nature or let her off the hook?