Now people really are staring. Phoenix is highly amused though, He's fully aware that the man whose sprog this is will never hear the end of mer-kittens. Ever. Not even when hell freezes over. Which is absolutely why he mentioned them.

Phoenix is a bastard.

"They're cats who are half-shifters." He explains. "Just imagine the cutest, prettiest thing you possibly can, and that's them..." He pauses to flash a twistedly gracious smile at the man. "..with claws, and teeth like needles... oh, and venom."

He's fairly sure that venom will attract this child to an animal even more than cuteness....