"I can change to look like different humanoid forms (misleading truth)," she offers. "I don't normally look like this (true). I mean, I normally change my looks fairly often (true). I like having freckles (true). Sometimes I'll sit in front of a mirror and move them around my face (misleadingly true)."

He exchanges a look with the PRT Trooper.

"I think we're almost done. Is there anything else about yourself or your circumstances that you think I would want to know?"

"Well, yeah! (true)" she exclaims. "I think there are probably a lot of things about me that you would want to know (true). But I don't want to share all of them (true). I mean, for example, I bet you'd probably want to know that shapeshifting means I don't need to wear a bra (true), and I don't really want to talk about my sex life on the record (false)."

You know what? He came here because it might have been a Cauldron matter, but San Antonio is perfectly capable of handling this without him.

"Okay, I think we're done here. Officer Fitzpatrick will escort you back to your temporary lodgings while we look this over, and we may have further questions for you as we determine how to handle your case. It was a pleasure meeting you, Miss Yu."

"And you as well, sir. (false)"

She lets herself be escorted back, and then checks in with Xanthoceras to catch her up. They brainstorm next steps, and Xanthoceras slips through the straight of Gibraltar.

Later that day, a review of Yew's case pops up in front of a thinker who can spot connections between incident reports. He links her to Weeping Cherry's incident from a few weeks ago.

"They're both named after trees," he says on the conference call that this causes. "Yes, I'm sure. It's obvious."