"Carnivore. It means that you crave meat." That way of putting it seems pretty unpleasant, considering recent events, but it's the best way to distinguish carnivores and herbivores. He's pretty sure Legoshi craves meat, even if he's never eaten it (except... well, Louis' leg, but he can't hold that against him).

Louis wrinkles his nose at the question. "No, you may not," he answers shortly. He supposes there's credit due for asking (Legoshi certainly doesn't), but it takes Louis a while to warm up to people, especially people with such sharp teeth. "You'll forgive me if I don't want to get too close to someone who might eat meat."

It's a really rude assumption to make, Louis knows. Accusing a carnivore of eating meat is accusing them of murder, or at the very least desecration of the dead. But he's been among meat-eaters too long to dance delicately around the subject.