[ ... Hm.

All right. Comparatively, yes, the wolf sounds far less terrifying than that. And maybe he should find some reassurance in that, but after all these years with the curse—

Well. Maybe part of him feels the need to stick-up for the wolf, for all that it's made a shambles of his life. ]

It's not fluffy.

[ Flat, almost petulant, before he drains the rest of his glass. ]

Stories of those kinds of things haven't made their way up here. Surely would've heard 'em if they had.