Could be worse. Could be an akaname. Those are yokai that lick the gunk that collects in bathtubs and bathrooms.

[ Japanese mythology is a trip, Rey. ]

I... tried, in Haven, to eat the monsters in the tunnels there.

[ It worked for a boy there who was something called a Ghoul. He said it didn't taste quite the same - a bit disgusting, but digestible. Rose had hoped, but- Guess it wouldn't be that easy, would it? ]

It didn't work. I think it's because I'm born specifically of human fear that it has to be human.