"I keep hearing that," said Heiji. He rubbed his cheek up against the drooping head of a Gerbera as he spoke, closing one blue-green eye as he did so. Even if Derek looked human, he felt wolfish.

"Seems like barely anyone's talked to one. But that makes sense. I guess in this town, they mostly just stick to Faery." Of course... that was probably why they had such a mysterious (possibly overblown?) reputation.

He flicked the tip of one tail. "I'm not here to cause trouble."