When he is preparing to fight against Tem's murderer, he eats a live moth larva in order to experience what it is like to kill something.
This shows his gentleness despite his frightening appearance.
Legosi, the hero of Beastars, has an affinity for insects, particularly moths. Given the symbolism of the scene is parasitism and "cruel innocence" it fits this trope. In Adolescence of Utena, one scene has a flashback of a young Touga getting raped by his adopted father in a field full of Cabbage White butterflies intercut with scenes of a nude Shiori sprouting white wings formed out of bedsheets.
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