"Right, exactly, and while I was stuck here, a little bird told me that Big Sister Kerismei wanted to see me, that she had some questions to ask me. You following?" 

"She's your boss in the Thieflings and she's mad you fucked up and got caught." 

Woljif makes a so-so gesture. "It's not so much that I got caught. That wouldn't bother her none, unless I squealed on her and the others, which I'm not dumb enough to do. No, there's something more serious going on, I can feel it in my tail. So, y'see, I knew as soon as I heard about it that I couldn't go alone." 

"And I was the first person who showed up who was sympathetic, and who you could," con into, "convince to come along?"

"Hey, don't sell yourself short! I wouldn't expect just anyone to be worth anythin' backin' me up against Sister Kerismei, you know?"  

"Well, sure. Anyone who could get you out of that cell, on the other hand..." 

He holds his hands up. "Hey, you said it, not me. Anyway, I don't need you to, like, get involved, just stand behind me and look mean for a bit." 

"I'm not sure if I can look mean. I can look friendly, and I can look sad, and I can probably look angry but I don't know if I can do that on command, and I can look terrifying if someone has no context, but I dunno about mean." 

"Terrifying if someone has no context?" Woljif isn't remotely sure he wants to know, but it wouldn't be better to get surprised with it later. 

Lusilla assumes starfish shape. 

Quick question what the fuck. 

Lusilla turns back human-shaped. "So that's what I meant by terrifying." 

"What was that?"

"Thaaaat was my true form." 

"Wow. Gotta say, I was not expecting that." 

"Yeah, if there's a word for the thing I am I don't know it. My mom is a normal human and my dad is probably the thing that leveled her hometown, we're not actually sure." 

Woljif whistles. If that's a story then its a pretty neat story.