"..Isn't the ball of a foot the round part?" Heels. It made sense, they were more ball-like than the flat bit!

The question in turn is ... one he has trouble describing immediately, surprised instead that 9s doesn't already KNOW. "Um, they're .. four legged, furry, tailed carnivorous monsters about as tall as you are. Maybe bigger. They eat anything they can fit in their mouths, sometimes even uh, people."

Dragons. Small ones.

"...Why are you dressed like that anyway?"