[AW] The Demons That Lurk Within

[Tallulah Colt]

The apple told her what she needed to know. Tallulah watched as the woman rejected it, apparently not as hungry as she assumed the stranger to be. Wolves would eat berries if there was no meat available. She didn't have meat, since she hadn't expected to travel far today. If she was going for a better, longer ride... Well, that'd be another story altogether. "Sorry," she said, uneasily smiling "I don't really have any meat on me, else I'd give you that" She felt bad she could only offer fruit "but you can eat the apple. The juices - It'll hydrate you, even if it won't take the hunger away..."

The woman asked after the term she had used, to which Tallulah shrugged. "I only heard the term once or twice, but ya can say 'shifter' if it makes more sense" Her Pa had been a teacher, so she heard 'Luperci' a few times. Though neither of them knew where the term originated from or what it meant. Only that it was what they called themselves, compared to non-Luperci "ya ain't being punished" she added patiently "ya... developed new things" Gods, how she wished her Pa was here to explain better "new skills. Ya have hands now to use." She held up her own, wiggling her fingers.

But? "It'll take a few minutes but ya can shift back, depending" nobody was stuck in Optime form forever "ya don't have to shift again if ya don't want to" some chose to live as simple beasts "ya weren't born with the ability to shift. Not like me and others" Tallulah explained kindly "but ya always had the chance to become one, I think. Err... did ya... Did anyone hurt ya?" she paused, frowning "lately, I mean" she corrected "if ya ran into a shifter, they could've infected ya. A bite, maybe?" If so, they also needed to tend to the wound. It was a shame Tallulah was not a medic. She frowned, crossing her arms.

"We really should get ya out of the cold," she remarked mostly to herself, raising a finger to tap her chin "if ya new at this, it'll be awkward for a few days" But was she allowed in Charmingtown, with a wolf in tow? Maybe she should bring her back to the loner band? What about - no, she didn't know any other packs. The leaders of Del Cenere would know what to do, probably. "how about I make a fire and hunt something for ya to eat?" She could explain better once the woman was full of food and less delirious.

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