[ Beat'll use his right hand to hold the tail up and his left to check it out, mindful of his claws. It does make him think of a Naga, and he turns it this way and that before letting it go so it doesn't get weird. ]

Dude yer like a ... uh... what's it called.. [ Not a manticore those have fur. ] What's the mix of creatures thing? Yer one of those. Cashmere. [ No, the word he's looking for is Chimera.

He eyes her thoughtfully to her words, a little frown on his face. ]

Sounds like you had the same shit I did goin' on. [ He doesn't want to think of his friends, whether they escaped, maybe the Director saved them and sent them home, because the alternative makes him mad and he doesn't want that. ]

Hey, it'll be aight. We might be outta the fryer an' into the fire [ close ] but I'd say we'd been through worse.