I'd suggest not trusting anyone until you got to know them, if there's really no other way you can get along, but take me, for example.

[And with that the cat shadow thing turns into a tall, handsome young man with six shimmering white wings, two pairs folded and one extended. His eyes are golden and far-seeing, his skin glows golden, his dark hair lays heavy on his shoulders, a collar and strings of lapis lazuli lie against his neck and chest. His face is kind, and distant, but his expression is vaguely bored.]

I can look like this - or anything else you care to name - just as easily. This particular form isn't one I've actively used for a few thousand years, but hey, you look like you're in more or less the same boat, so why not?