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Bobby looked at me “Can I have a shower and you explain it to her?”

I al She was trying so hard to be liberal and progressive; she meant well “Therianthropy isn’t like other diseases It’s not a virus thatinside you”

“They change into their beast form once a month, but in between they’re still human,” Kaitlin said

“Yes, and no,” I said

Olaf said, “The beast is not separate and gone in between fulla way out”

“Do you have pets?” I asked

“A cat,” Kaitlin said

“Okay Does your cat ever try to dart through a door and get out?”

She nodded “Sometimes”

“And what do you do to stop it?”

“I grab her I push her away from the door”

“Now, think about the cat being inside you You’re the house that it’s trying to escape froets out the door, you turn into the cat, and the cat becomes the house now, and it wants to keep you inside so it can be free”

“That’s a good analogy,” Bobby said

“I can’t take credit for it It’s Micah’s He has to explain this a lot”

“Micah Callahan, right? The head of the Coalition,” Kaitlin said