...to try to find out if someone you know is a furry? I mean, obviously asking them directly would probably be the quickest way, but maybe not the easiest or best.

I have a friend at work who is a self-described "animal lover", and she has commented on some of the pictures I have on my desktop wallpaper (specifically, this one: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6088027/ and this one: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6149511/). We've talked about our mutual affection for animals as a general idea, but I don't necessarily want to straight-out ask her if she is one. I don't have a problem with people at work knowing that I'm a furry (I've told someone before when it came up, though that person ended up leaving the company a few weeks later), but I don't want to just bring it up out of the blue.

Does anyone have any ideas?