[Perhaps surprisingly, he's actually pretty modest in his attempt. He tentatively reaches out, taking the tip of one of his ears between his fingers to touch gently. His eyes widen in surprise.]

Whoa... They feel just like a real animal's! It's actually pretty amazing. ...I'm sure you must not be too happy about having them, though.

[It sounds like the place he was at before sucks, and really, Niki doesn't think he'd be happy to have any additional appendages, either. They'd be troublesome and associated with bad memories, most likely...

But now, he can't help but think about how cute a certain someone would look if he had cute and fluffy animal ears... Dangerous...]