"Breath attack?" He seems even more intrigued now, gesturing vaguely toward his mouth. "What's that, their breath's so bad people keel over sick?"

A grin and a light laugh as he's not seriously believing as much, though there are notes on such creatures who do have that trait in the various books he's read over the years.

"Mah, who wants to go out searching for troublesome creatures? Until they're a danger to the livelihoods of others, there are times facing them is better than looking away."