Will "Badcat" McDuff wrote:
....Miyu turned to her giant black companion, the light that streamed
through the window causing a gleam her eyes to gleam and sparkle. A single
tear welled-up in her eye and rolled slowly down her smooth, pale skin.
"Shinma," she began, a slight tremble in her voice, "you, you...love me?"
The Shinma nodded once, his head bobbing down in the darkness. "Yes...
-==-
Usagi crumpled up the paper she was writing and tossed it in the
wastepaper basket. "But the Shinma _never_ talks," she muttered under her
breath. "Oh well, there's always another series..."
Actually, Larva talks in the manga.