[He straightens back up with a huff, putting his hands on his hips and surveying the towers of clothing that the creature has burrowed into, searching for where it's gone.]

Killing it won't solve the issue of getting everyone all of their missing clothing back! Unless you plan on manually hauling everything in here back to town.

[Fighting his targets is one thing. Executing them is quite a whole other thing, and one that Heizou isn't willing to advocate without good reason.]

We're better off catching it first. Besides, we also have no idea if it's alone or if's there's a whole pack at work here. Or are you willing to wipe out an entire species over this, dream world or not?