"Oh, erm, well, yes," Boc's hands were nervously close to his chest again. "I did hear you mention those, but I...I worry. That even if they're not meat, they might still be close to meat...similar enough, but I...well, I suppose it's probably safer trying those, isn't it? Than the proper meat?"

As he stumbled through that, the DEMI-HUMAN TENDANCIES started nudging up against him, and he dismally tried to bat it away from him.