[Valerius chuckles deeply and removes his glasses, placing one of their arms between his teeth.]

I could give you a lengthy explanation, but you made a point about being careful about what I say, so perhaps I’ll give that to you later...but for now settle for this: [His grin toothy, his voice softly silken, he glances to the horns on Qilby’s hat, then points with a long finger.]

Your hat moves as if something’s beneath it...certainly not mechanical in nature, too fluid. So from this, I surmise that whatever’s under there is organic and clearly not present on human anatomy.