Shady

"... You're not hungry?" His conscience wouldn't let him just walk off and leave her for some reason.

"Mm." He scratched at his neck again, setting the collar off to the side. "I'm hungry. I'm going into town." He stood up.

She forced herself to take a deep breath and then silently get to work, being painfully meticulous as she scratched each mark into the bone in her hands.

He snorted and rolled his eyes, pushing her hand away. "You're certainly stubborn enough for the both of us."

"Okay." She nodded, tucking her rune bone back into her pocket and pulling the knife out. She sat down at the table to give herself more stability, then looked at ...

He self-consciously reached up to rub his own neck. "... I guess that is where it itches the most, yes..."

(oki) "How?" he scoffed, looking at her skeptically.

"Okay." She nodded, glad that he seemed to be getting the hang of reassuring her better. Not just leaving it at non-answers like his first statement. She appreciated that. "So... ...

(Pretty sure the sun just set, no?) He weighed it in his hands. "Mm... I'll put it on later... maybe... I don't know. It feels... dehumanizing."

"Thank you." She nodded, looking at the page, even though it was all gibberish to her. "Did I... miss anything? Or is... is this good enough?" He was no doubt ...

Oop Kate with her blank spot strikes again :')

He turned it over, still looking at it skeptically. "I'm nowhere near the same size when I'm Changed as I am now."

"... Mm." He looked at it skeptically.

He sighed and walked over to her with the medical supplies. "You can't stop them. I'm three times your size when in beast form. If they can hurt me, they ...

"It's not just a scratch." He stood up and went for his first aid kit. "I hurt you."