[Exiting class to head immediately to the library? No wonder they were friends.

Niles briefly considers a flippant and dramatic exit, but Light's willingness to engage with him still is intriguing. The fact that Light is interested in his physical changes wins him over. He hadn't been flustered much by his earlier insinuations, but how would he handle the advances coming directly at him? Niles twists his torso to face Light, a potentially unnerving display of feline flexibility.]

I am.

[Then he straightens himself out to fully face Light once more.]

Although we're more common than you might think. If you've got a consistent color scheme some of us are easy enough to confuse with turnskin.