Caterpillar Neyli

Manatu Itsugi (shared consciousness)

Caterpillar Neyli is the main protagonist of Book 3. He is a snarky, rude, and opinionated cat. However, when around those he loves, such as Rice and Butterfly, he is kind, loving, and calm. Caterpillar is a Tiven of Ashton Mayflower and Manatu Itsugi, taking their physical attributes and main parts of their personalities.

## Book 3

Caterpillar arrives in Hell, awaking on the flower field. He has no memory of his mortal life, unable to recall his name. He is checked in by Rice Neyli, and led to Littletown. He is booked into the town's hotel, asking Rice to stay, he agrees. Caterpillar did not sleep that night, staring over the town and gauging his new home. Rice takes him out to the town café, in which Caterpillar swiftly falls asleep. He dreams of a cat being injected with a poison and falling to his death, his vision changes to a cliffside before he jolted awake. After a few mishaps, he finally gets a chance to sleep peacefully. In the morning, Rice leaves but forgets a book, as Caterpillar rushes to return it, another cat steals it to return it to the Library. Caterpillar meets Butterfly as they introduce themselves, still rushing to the library. He gets the book and returns it to Rice after reading the page on Faron Burke. Butterfly informs him of the Remembrance Lake, which makes Caterpillar skeptical about who he is. As he begins to question Rice, he grows more angry. With Rice's refusal to answer his questions, he calls Butterfly and the two head for the Remembrance Lake. After being pushed in, he sees the kithood of a small Manatu, then watching him being put down by an animal shelter. Then his vision changed to the Tribe areas before Butterfly dragged him out. Caterpillar thanks them for helping before returning home, demanding Rice to tell him who Manatu is, he refuses. Out of anger and desperation, Caterpillar runs away and gets on a bus, trying to stay awake as the two voices began to lure him into sleep. He awoke in a field, the bus driving away in the distance. Caterpillar saw a hill with a podium, climbing it and observing the book. It only read "ask a question and see the answer". Caterpillar asks the truth of who he is, and the book flipped to a page of Manatu, then Ashton Mayflower, and finally a page that read "Caterpillar Itsugi - Tiven no. 7" as Caterpillar tried to understand what a Tiven was, a tree banch stabbed him through the back of the head. He awakes back in his room, pressing into Rice further with questions, screaming at him and admitting that he loved him and only wanted him to know. Rice complies, accepting his feelings and beginning to explain, however, Caterpillar is called into Raiverin's domain. Raiverin explains that Caterpillar is nothing more than a vessel and does not have a choice to be anything more, Caterpillar refuses to be controlled and begins a communication with his mind, Manatu is proud and gives him a blessing to live peacefully. Ashton is more spiteful, reluctant to let go of his last chance at life. The two vanish from his mind, leaving him to be his own. He returns home, claiming that he still doesn't know who he is, but he can always restart and make something new.

Between the events of Book 3 and Book 4, Caterpillar marries Rice. He becomes known as Caterpillar Mayflower Itsugi-Neyli.

## Book 4

Caterpillar is summoned by William Satana and uses Ash Viceroy as a vessel to explain how to enter Heaven. After this, he returns to Hell and is not seen again.

## Book 6

Caterpillar greets Paris Viceroy upon his death, as Paris explains that he was murdered by Ashton, Caterpillar freaks out and explains that Ashton is meant to remain dead and that he must be stopped. He agrees to revive Paris if he will be the one to banish Ashton from the mortal world.