[This is Peter backing up now, head drawing back and eyes a bit wide at first. You are TOO close. Way too close. And he can't go TOO far back because he'd call off the side, so his claws hang on as he draws away some.]

[What ARE you? Not a bird man or a human or a wolf man or anything else. How interesting!]

I was tired of flying. It seemed like a good place to rest for the moment. [He drew up to his full height, trying to be tall.] I'm Peter the Phoenix. Who might you be?