Down in the forest, there is a tree.
What's left of one, anyway.
The Nemeton calls another supernatural creature to its town.
The blood that drips onto it forms a circle.
"The fear people had, of werewolves at the edge of their communities wanting to abduct their children in the night, eat their sick and weak - it's based in reality. Werewolves historically were seen as hostile forces that could invade at any time, and hunters aimed to minimize the damage."
"Werewolves struggle with control, yes. The werewolf- and the werecoyote, and the werejaguar, the werehyena, the kitsune- can be understood as having a human part and another part- not quite an animal, but something animalistic, something aggressive and sexual, something motivated by basic needs but with the mental resources of a human brain."
"In case someone tries to kill me here, in case I need to suddenly leave town, in case my house is destroyed."
Around noon, he suggests he go out and get something for them to eat.
Does she have any preferences?
"I don't have needs in the human sense. Indestructibility protects against hunger and thirst and lack of sleep. I can feel a degree of each, but it does not become debilitating."
"That sounds helpful. Just how indestructible are you? I suppose you haven't dealt with the supernatural before, but were you safe from everything you were familiar with?"