Francis jumped seven feet in the air when Mia introduced herself. Turning in midair his defense mechanism kicked in, and he grew two inches in height and length. His fangs got a small length upgrade and he looked altogether a lot less... cute and fluffy.<br/><br/>"Why are you sneaking up on me?" he growled. his eyes were a bit more feral too. almost like if the wrong answer was given, he would attempt an attack. Upon closer inspection of his guest, his eyes returned to normal, and his fangs regressed. Shaking slightly in both fear from the aspect of a predator staring at him, he gulped. "I-if you know that, then you must not be completely a ummm... huge cat either?" he said, hopeful that he was right about her being like himself. she just didn't come across like the deer and birds. even if they<span style="font-style: italic">were</span>fun to talk to when he wasn't hungry, she seemed more like the Harpys and, well... mer-things??? he wasn't sure if they were just fish people, or if they actually were more fish than human. he had only tried to eat one once. that was enough to know they had families. Angry families.<br/><br/>Coming out of his thoughts, he said, "You aren't going to eat me are you?"