Why is Her Spirit Animal a Donkey?

【Important Notice: Private AU of Sentinels/Guides, Fictional World, BG】 【Please, don't relate this to reality】 When someone first saw Ayori's spiritual entity, they exclaimed the following: "A donkey?" "This is clearly a rabbit!" "How can a rabbit have such long legs?" "Maybe it's a different breed?" "But it's brown." "That's because it's still shedding its fur!" "Don't feel inferior because of this," Xiao Qi said seriously. "I won't look down on you just because your spiritual entity is a donkey." Ayori: "..." It wasn't until much, much later, when Ayori finally saw Xiao Qi's spiritual entity, that she understood this gentleman's confusion all those years ago wasn't meant as prov...