I wonder what those "rats" were. Stalker guys, perhaps? Pretty sure the Moon Shrine is famous for its two beauties, and while all this time they thought Tiera was a catgirl, her "becoming" an elf doesn't change the fact that she's still a sexy beauty. Her not-so-modest outfit (but an improvement over her shop look, cover-wise) surely made the older boys in the orphanage feel "weird" in certain places...