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Tabby stared at Lyra's hand as she pondered everything she'd heard. Care for and protect...being part of the house now...what did they know that she didn't? Excluding, apparently, something strange about her very nature. The whole 'being a werewolf' thing. Was she supposed to be staying here now? Wasn't it all as she had intended it to be; a failed weekend in Connorsford looking for a studio that didn't exist and then heading home with her tail between her legs to face the music from her mother?

"I...don't know how you need to go about anything." Tabby said uncertainly. "I didn't want anything major from you guys. I didn't come here on a journey of discovery. I just thought it was really nice that you guys invited me up here and got me out of a crappy situation. I...I do trust you. You've helped me a lot and I'm grateful. I don't want to tell you you guys are wrong about being werewolves but..."

She trailed off into silence. She didn't know what she was trying to say. Something about the whole business was starting to seem frightening plausible. Gaving last night, and Aziel just now. They hadn't just been flapping their gums. They'd obviously believed that it was within their power to prove their point.

Adrain nodded softly. "But you've got not reason to believe it yourself, right?" He said.

Tabby nodded meekly.

"Alright," said Adrian, "you came here with a man didn't you."

"Yeah, Lance."

"And who is he?"

"He's my uncle."

"Right, that's what you told my good lady. Now thing about us is that we can tell each other by scent, and as proof, I've got to tell you that we know Lance isn't your uncle."

"Wh..ho..." Tabby stammered in amazement, "How could you know that??"

"Wolves are wolves by blood relation only." Adrian said with a gentle smile, "We can identify you as a wolf. Lance isn't one. Therefore he can't be a relation of yours."

Tabby's eyes fell to the floor. There wasn't a single person who'd had any reason to doubt her story about Lance being her uncle. Adrian hadn't even met Lance, and Tai had only seen him for a minute. And yet they knew without doubt that she'd been lying about it.

"Wow." she gasped, standing up from her chair. "Uh...wow...OK." She turned to Lyra and took a deep breath. "So...can you really...you know...change?"