Chase picks up on the fact that there's some kind of a reaction from the other boy once he draws closer to him, but he doesn't pay it much mind yet. It's sort of filed away as an interesting thing, something to note for later. In the meantime...

"Yeah, it's like they're taunting us with this," he says, shrugging as if to say Ah well, what can you do?

Chase looks down at Alex's hand, taking in the mark on it. Then, he looks back up at him and grins, his eyes positively lighting up with excitement when he mentions wereleopard. Hell, Chase had never met a freaking wereanything before. Far as he knew, they don't exist back home. "Really?" He shakes Alex's hand. "I'm Chase. Uh... Witch." It feels weird to just outright say it, but if there was ever a time and a place, this is it.