Oh - Dimitri startles, somewhat, at the blunt accusation. "Oh - you have my apologies, I did not mean to cause any offense." And he'd been trying so hard to avoid talking about the fay resemblance, remembering how skittish Shrike can be about it. "There was more to it than merely that, good sir, but I will speak of it no more."

Of course, while Dimitri may not speak of it, Gremlin has other ideas. Offended all his own, he rears up on his hind legs, and starts gesturing erratically. He has a lot to say, apparently, although it's... incomprehensible to humans.

Since he's a Rattata.

Softly, Dimitri starts to hush him. "It is all right, Gremlin. Shrike never mentioned kin either, so it was rude of me to make assumptions of a stranger. Calm yourself, there is no offense to be taken."