Taro pretended to listen to Kat's rambling speech about the gaining of tails and powers. He was almost sorry he asked by this point. Still, the spark of potential partnership still glimmered. Two power-hungry men working together could be a very dangerous thing in this world. The tengu, still spiraling away in a private world, yawned quietly. He was slightly irritated by the cat's garish mannerisms. A sweat drop? A waste of energy, something like that. Anyway. As the bakeneko slid his arms out of the dripping jacket, Taros' assessment was confirmed. The cat was completely harmless physically, with his skinny body. Not an ounce of muscle on him. Taro's predatory eyes were drawn to the strange gourd, though. They settled there, drinking in the sense of something great and secret, and ultimately unnerving. But Katane didn't explain that to him at all, choosing instead to blather on about a bell he got in the human world. Wait a second.<br/><br/>"You've been to the human world?" Taro couldn't help but squawk in surprise. He'd never met someone who'd crossed the barrier. He'd only heard scraps of stories, from stolen and secretly kept books. Now he was interested in what his guest had to say, even if was about something as inconsequential as a cat bell.