To call them 'just' animals is doing them a disservice. Any creature from a simple hamster to the proud lion has the potential to rise above its birth and assume the title of Demon Beast.

[There's a moment as he considers. As far as suggestions go, that isn't the worst one he's heard.]

Hmm.. you may call this a... recruitment drive. Taken from my home, it is my obligation to re-forge the Tanaka Empire, wherever I find myself.