Duza just stared at her for a moment in confusion, and then the meaning of what she had said hit him.  The resulting look on his face was caught with the flash of a big camera and several giggling nekos ran off to see what the picture looked like.  The results were apparently quite comical.<br/><br/>"Oh he's going to look so cuuute on the First Timer's wall!"<br/><br/>Duza was not paying attention to the nekos putting his picture up, however.  Gently, he put his paws on the little neko waitress' shoulders.  "Do you know what you are saying, little one?  I do not know why you would be so eager to have me eat you.  But no, I refuse to eat you because I will not hunt or eat anything that can speak to me.  It is not right."<br/><br/>His waitress just smiled.  "I know exactly what i'm saying!  Unless a nasty beast in the woods gobbles you up it feels soooo nice to have someone eat you!"<br/><br/>"One bite at a time or all at once!" added another.<br/><br/>Duza's jaw fell open for a second time.  "You...have done this before?  How?"<br/><br/>The little neko rolled her eyes.  "Didn't the goddess tell you anything?  There's no way to die here, after somebody eats you one of the altars grabs your spirit and puts it into a new body."<br/><br/>"Poof!" supplied a neko from behind him to the giggles of the others.<br/><br/>It *did* sort of make sense when explained like that...  But it actually felt good too?  What a strange world this was, he thought.  Then another thought occurred to him.  Even if it felt good, there was no way he would willingly bite one of these cute little cat people.  Patting his waitress on the head, he supplied his counterargument.  "Even so, little one, I am still not willing to bite you.  The goddess said to do what made me happy, and I would be very sad if I had to bite you."<br/><br/>The entire retinue exchanged a conspiratorial look, as if the hyena had just dug himself into a trap.<br/><br/>"Oh don't worry about that, I brought you to the non-biting section for a reason Mr. Hyena!  You can just eat me in one gulp!"  She was bouncing up and down now in excitement as they all grinned and laughed like it was the most obvious thing in the world."<br/><br/>Duza was laughing too.  "I do not know what silly stories you have heard about my kind, but we certainly are not able run about swallowing little cat girls whole."  His ear twitched then as one of the nekos behind him tickled his ear.<br/><br/>For the first time she looked a little worried and unsure of herself, leaning in and peering at Duza's jaws.  Now the other nekos were looking at each other and whispering to one another, with too many talking at once for the hyena to make anything of it out.  Finally the whispering died down and one of the other nekos whispered something to his waitress as two others scooted onto the cushion on his other side.  They were all huddling in close now and had a mischievous look.  He quickly found one of the nekos siting next to him and petting the fur on his arm as the other smiled at him innocently.<br/><br/>"Sir, we all agree you might be underestimating just what you can do in this world.  Would you mind if we see just how stretchy your jaws are?  If they aren't stretchy then I promise we won't feel sad when you leave."  Then she hit him with an attack he couldn't counter, watery kitten eyes.<br/><br/>Duza's resistance all but melted a seeing that face.  "O..okay."<br/><br/>The nekos all collectively somehow managed to squeeze in even closer to his booth to see the experiment.