no cat ever grew claws so long and sharp as these

"Its talons draw back into its paws, just as a cat's do, only no cat ever grew claws so long and sharp as these."

"And it kills with those claws?" Domitian's ghoulish attention was unnerving

"Indeed it does, lord and god. Consider that its forepaws are more properly hands than animal paws, and imagine razor-edged needles of diamond hardness that double the length of each finger when extended."
-Killer pg. 84