[He pauses, sandwich not quite to his mouth.] Exotic?

[Until now he'd been convincing all his senses that those ears and tails were just pinned on or something. He didn't want to find that part of her compelling. She used to be a canine for god's sake! He's not sure if he's ready to celebrate a difference like that!]

Hey, I don't mind exotic... but to me exotic means a human from another culture, not a completely different species! I just--

Wow, that sounded considerably less narrow-minded in my head.