Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as they say, and anyway for Jack it was sometimes less about looking classically beautiful and more about being something unusual, something excitingly different.

Yes, he was flirting.

He grinned, warmly amused by how taken aback she looked. "Nice to meet you, Viola Avelide! That sounds frustrating! So, I take it this is your true form and during the day you hide out looking like a human?"

Which would explain not having noticed her before.