Serph shakes his head; there's no need to apologise. He just honestly never thought about the brand itself, only the demon it represents. He's somewhat open about its existence to others but his personal feelings about it are... complicated.

Blinking at her reaction -- they sure are ears, but probably not her normal ones, huh -- Serph can't help but observe the way one of the ears twitched. A little bit like that one cat that often seemed to look through him, actually.

"They look like an animal's." Don't ask him to name the animal because he would not have a single clue. A beat before he adds, "There's another here with altered ears."

So she's not alone in that sense, at least?