Barry's whole body seemingly deflates at the way the human phrases her question, ears drooping and everything, instantly making him look about a decade older. What are you. He's a person. Looking past the fur and the horns and the snout, he's more human-looking than a lot of Others populating the city. Four limbs, knees bending the right way, circular pupils, language, a job, opposable fucking thumbs. But no, he's a what. That's all he'll ever be.
With a long-suffering look down at his notes, Barry sighs deeply before he starts explaining, the same speech he always gives when this question comes his way.] I'm a bipedal humanoid ursine, with some spattering of cervine DNA from millennia back. If you've ever heard of Bigfoot or the Yeti, you've heard about us. We prefer foozles - I know, okay, y'don't have t'say anythin'.
[He can't quite help himself from adding:] As for who I am, I go by Barry. I'm forty-eight, a research assistant, a student, a pianist, I have a library card, I like old movies and brown liquor and long hikes in the woods.
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Barry's whole body seemingly deflates at the way the human phrases her question, ears drooping and everything, instantly making him look about a decade older. What are you. He's a person. Looking past the fur and the horns and the snout, he's more human-looking than a lot of Others populating the city. Four limbs, knees bending the right way, circular pupils, language, a job, opposable fucking thumbs. But no, he's a what. That's all he'll ever be.
With a long-suffering look down at his notes, Barry sighs deeply before he starts explaining, the same speech he always gives when this question comes his way.] I'm a bipedal humanoid ursine, with some spattering of cervine DNA from millennia back. If you've ever heard of Bigfoot or the Yeti, you've heard about us. We prefer foozles - I know, okay, y'don't have t'say anythin'.
[He can't quite help himself from adding:] As for who I am, I go by Barry. I'm forty-eight, a research assistant, a student, a pianist, I have a library card, I like old movies and brown liquor and long hikes in the woods.
[It's been a long day.] Does that satisfy?