[ Li pretends to busy himself with shoveling food into his mouth. Oh, wait. That's not pretense. The rims of his ears redden but otherwise he resists the urge to shrink under the table. ]

Maybe in the City that wouldn't be so bad. There are plenty of, um, non-people-shaped creatures here already, and no one seems bothered. [ It's disquieting, but something of a novelty. ]