[ Tezcatlipoca looks with interest as she reveals the ear, even making a little ah noise to go with it. ]

Yeah, still gettin’ used to updating my turns of phrase. World I’m from—

[ He pauses, then laughs as he realizes no, that’s not even true, technically. The world he’d just come from had more than humans. Hell, humans didn’t even exist. But he waves it off. ]

Well, world I’m originally from, pretty much only humans, at least in the most recent society. Definitely the dominant species, anyways. Anyone else is pretty much just a human with a few lil’ tweaks.

[ They’re definitely not as distinct and different as, say, Deinos. But rather than get into all of that, since explaining his knowledge of the worlds gets complicated fast, he returns to the much simpler topic of delightfully unsavory places. ]

Anyways, yeah, doesn’t matter what you are, those kinda places will chew you up and spit you out. It’s why I like ‘em. Way more my style.