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“I do not,” Olaf said

Bobby kept shaking his head and backed away froain I’ve never re before”

“Have you ever hurt anyone before?” Duke asked

Bobby shook his head “No, my mentor, my sponsor, ith me from my first full moon”

“Why did you change form on the dark of the moon? Even a new Therianthrope would have been safe that far away from full,” I said

Maybe if I could get Bobby talking about so else useful, I could head off the ee I’d seen other shapeshifters when they realized that they’d killed someone they loved by accident The realization was never pleasant, and the shock looked just like this

Bobby blinked athimself back from whatever was in his head “What?”

Olaf tried, “Why did you change so far away from the full moon?”

“She asked,” Bobby said, and then he stopped talking as if he hadn’t meant to answer

“Who asked?”

Bobby just shook his head

“Who is she?” Olaf asked

Bobby shook his head again, lips held in a tight thin line as if he were literally holding his lips closed so he wouldn’t saysomeone, and I didn’t think it was himself

“You’re re Ray apart, Bobby,” Duke said

“No, it was a deer!”