The red panda had already left him to his meal. But Kimiko responded, ignoring the gash cut into her body by his consumption.<br/><br/>"Yes, Ti Li Fei is an artist. I'm rather proud of her, I... the full me, not this one tail fragment, am a decent cook and baker, but she's well above my skill level. Her family are students of a school of Culinary Martial Arts in a Ranma/Dragonball crossover universe. We met when I was doing some dimension travelling, and I kind of saved her life in a fire-fight... energy blasts actually, but the principle's the same. I am an Vancian arch-mage and a kubi-no-kitsune after all, and studied sweveral other schools of magic to some degree, so I know which end of a wand a spell comes out of.<br/><br/>"She decided she owed me a debt, and swore loyalty to me. We had some interesting adventures, but my ultimate goal was always to set up a place like this. It's a partnership, I provide the magic and she provides the baking. Which is not to say we haven't occasionally taken a day off to go adventuring on occasion. Our delivery staff are quite helpful in that regard too. Andalun is a transformed human who has a form created around a video-game character of all things, and Kuroni, who I don't think you've met is a tanuki ninja who's natural shapeshifting ability is over-charged, making her practically indestructable."