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After grudgingly admitting that she didn't need to open all of the windows, Taima turned her attention back to her guest. Her eyes widened as she saw the demon ghoul stalking the corrividus, who was preening beneath a wing, completely unaware, and took a step towards them.

"Uh, I'd be careful," Taima cautioned, her voice low as if afraid the bird might hear her. "Ahiga bites." Even the goats were backing away slowly.

The bird cawed from elsewhere in the room as though accepting Danny's challenge.

Taima, on the other hand, looked relieved that the corrividus had simply flown off instead of assaulted her new acquaintance with beak and talons and teeny tiny birdy fury. She paused to consider Danny's question; she still needed to unpack, probably rearrange some furniture, locate all of the important places on campus, register for classes, at some point she'd probably need to eat... "Nah," she replied, "I think I'm okay for now, thanks."

Taima was torn between the prospect of lunch and making progress on settling in, but only for a moment. It had been a long flight, and she'd been too eager to get to Amityville to stop to hunt for a meal. "Yeah, I could eat," she said. This way, she could find out where to get food, learn what she could from Danny, and put off the unpleasantness that came from unpacking. "Lead the way."

Taima got startled as Danny suddenly snatched her hand, but recovered quickly, even smiling as she was led away. She took note of the path from the monster dorms to the creepateria, filing it away for later use. Knowing where the food was was just under knowing where classes were on Taima's list of priorities. Though she didn't look it, she could eat a lot; shifting to and from her natural form burned a lot of energy.

Taima hadn't realized how hungry she really was until the wide variety of smells hit her all at once, and suddenly she was starving. She practically pulled Danny over to the stands of food, dimly registering Danny talking as her eyes wandered over the selection. "Huh? Uh, I can't speak for all birdies, but I prefer fish when I can get it. I'm not picky, though." Taima briefly looked from the food to the other ghoul, puzzled. 'Blood stuff' she could understand: not everyone enjoyed the thrill of the hunt or the sweet taste of victory--and fresh meat--like monsters did. But drinks? "So you just don't drink anything, ever? Not even soup or anything? How does that work?

"Fishsticks?!" Taima whirled back to the food, her wings practically vibrating in excitement. While nothing was as tasty as fish so fresh it was still wriggling when you dug in, fishsticks were good too--especially in this form. Taima had learned that some people got grossed out when she took chunks out of still-living fish with her teeth. "So um, but," she said, torn between hunger and curiosity, "then how do you eat? What do you eat?"

Taima blinked slowly and stared at Danny as if she had grown a second head right in the middle of her first one at the other ghoul's very literal response to her very general question. "O...kay then." Note to self: dumb it down. While she wanted to pursue the "light it on fire" portion of Danny's answer, she worried a bit now that Danny might respond by actually lighting the creepateria on fire. She'd just keep on wondering. It was probably safer that way.

"Uh...no, it's okay, I can--" wait is what she was going to say before she caught movement out of the corner of her eye. She turned her head to look and found another student intent on getting some of the fishsticks, their hand hovering over them. Taima's wings flared, her eyes narrowing threateningly at the other student, who noticed and scurried off to find the mystery meat, leaving the fishsticks untouched. She glared after him until she determined that he wouldn't be coming back. Yeah, that's right. All ur fishsticks r belong to Taima.

Then she remembered that she wasn't exactly alone. She grinned sheepishly up at Danny as her wings settled against her back once more. "Sorry," she said. "I probably should eat. But thanks for helping me with my stuff, and showing me around! I'd definitely be up to hanging out after I do some unpacking."