Jesse squints instead now at the teeth, then his bare brows go up, once again surprised and maybe impressed. "Hell," he breathes, then quickly corrects, "I mean, heck." Don't swear in front of ladies! "That's a heck of a thing right there. Y'all get bitten to end up like that? And have somethin' that keeps you from bitin' others? Or that not how it works where you're from?

"Sorry if, uh, any of that is offendin'. Runnin' my mouth with all these questions, heh." He shrugs, sheepish.