"Mmm... the pack, 's a big one, having family who you know has your back- not that humans don't, obviously- mentioned the shapeshifting, but we've got better senses even human-shaped, we heal a lot faster- then there's Gifts, that Mother Luna sends you or you learn from spirits, but those, uh.  Depend on the person."  Her ears have gone a bit pink again.  "Anyway, if you're up for it you mentioned a translation spell?"

"We did. As long, we have enough time to go uninterrupted and assuming your family doesn't have any other urgent questions?"

"Any urgent questions before the translation spell?"  She relays,  "Is anything unfriendly likely to follow you here, and what's the worst that's likely to happen if the translation spell doesn't work?  ...also if it's going to be more than an hour or so we should clear out of the kitchen."

"The ritual will take ten to fifteen minutes and if we are interrupted it might cause some backlash likely of the type that affects our ability to communicate, but unlikely to affect anyone else. And in theory someone from the other side could come here sooner than expect, but they are unlikely to be unfriendly."

"Are you okay with observers?"  She and her grandmother exchange a brief look.  "It's been sounding like you are, but I should know better than to not check."

"As long we are not likely to interrupt or try to directly interact with us during the process, it's okay to observe."

"You won't be able to understand the thing yourself by just watching it. The various rules of ritual sorcery are artificial and sort of coded."

"Yeah, reason I ask is if a human saw me shift it'd mess with their head.  And I think being observed screws up mages directly somehow...?"  She glances at her grandmother again, and gets a response which she doesn't translate but which has the tone of 'don't ask me'.

"Huh, sorcery rituals are not like that. I mean, I guess you could create a school that works like that, but it would be on purpose."

"What causes the mess with their head? We might be able to resist it because we have mental wards."

Peg translates Felix and then responds, "It's, mm- their mind protecting itself from a predator?  I think?  I'm actually not sure whether wards would help, most people who could put them up wouldn't be affected anyway."

"We can probably experiment with it later. We should get our translation on."

"Mm, I'll let you get to it."

In that case they get to it. Which involves taking out their phones, reading the instructions extra carefully.

Then they get to the actual casting. Which involves a lot of murmuring to themselves at a low voice and writing runes with ash (they will ask for bio-matter to burn if there is any available, but they have paper that will do just fine).

There isn't anything overtly magical until the very end, when there is a slight shiver up everyone's spines (it could easily be the wind). And then. "Testing, did it work?"

There's plenty of dried algae, which will go up fairly enthusiastically although making sure it's all burned may be trickier.

"Yes, I can understand you," says Peg's grandmother, who has been watching very closely (and the occasional discreet sniff).

"I- oh."  Peg takes the bracelet off and hands it back.  "Would've understood you either way, but, there you are."

Fernando takes it. "Magic is convenient like that."

"And means that we only have to sleep an hour earlier than usual."

"On that note-  I take it you'd be interested in staying here, at least for the short term?"

"Yes, or any convenient place to stay, because we wouldn't want to impose. We can earn our keep."

"You're not imposing at all, and I expect here will be more convenient than anywhere else, if you're comfortable with it.  If you actually can do something about the structural damage, we'd consider ourselves more than repaid."

"There might be inconvenient interactions with the local magic, but honestly, if anything too bad were to happen it would've happened the moment we crossed the portal. Anyway, thank you for not leaving us homeless!"

Peg laughs softly.  "Oh, no danger of that."

     "Certainly not.  You may not have arrived in our territory intentionally, but until you intend to leave it you're to some extent our responsibility."

"A relatable feeling."

"Do we think we got all of Werewolves 101 out of the way?"

"Hm, very nearly.  My granddaughter didn't mention the Death Rage- there's not much risk of anyone going into it while you're here, but 'not much' isn't 'impossible'.  If someone tells you to run, you run and you do not argue.  Let the family handle it."  She fixes each of them in turn with a level gaze.  "On that note, if you brought anything silver with you, get rid of it or wrap it up extremely carefully; that's the easiest way to trigger one accidentally."