What the hell should we call you? My people call me Darkhunter.
What....are you even? I think some people call my species "jaguars", although... there are some differences.
And where the heck are you from? I can't tell you a specific place. It was a wonderful, lush forest, with prey aplenty and greenery for huge swaths around me.
How friggin' old are you anyway? I'm somewhere around six cycles old (he is six years old... remember, he is an animal).
You a lady or a dude or what..? I was born a male, and still am.
So like...what are you like? I edge more to being intellectual and saving my words for when they matter. I can speak, but I will only do so when I need to say something important.
And what do you like? Hunting, cuddling, observing the greenery. 
Anything else we should know about...? I have some magical powers. They aren't much, but, if I wish, I can read your thoughts and speak to you through them. Unless you manage to put up a resistance, of course. I also can manipulate small objects with my mind, and alter their temperatures somewhat. 

Also... I am horribly sensitive to light. My odd eyes are not blind, at least somewhat. I can see in the night as if it was broad daylight... shadows don't exist for me. Sunlight will render me as blind and helpless as a young kit barely out of her mother's body. The strange, fake lights here hurt my head, but they are... tolerable.
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As Darkhunter told you, he is basically a jaguar... well... mostly. Looking upon him you will instantly notice his huge size... he is about as big as a full grown male lion, not a jaguar. Then you move your eyes to his jet black pelt that is so dark it's almost like he is absorbing all light. Unlike most black jaguars, however, his markings are still visible. Now they are snowy white rosettes instead of black, leaving him in a speckled color like moonlight through the trees. His underbelly is pure white with black markings. it's as if you are seeing a yellow jaguar through a black and white TV, and the colors are inverted. He peers at you through calculating, silver eyes that gleam and almost glow. They shift about to look every which way with his black nose twitching. He can see through them, but only in dimmer lights. if it gets too bright for him, he will be blinded.