[ and right back to hipster jokes. josh is quiet for a second, but it's not that he's completely shocked by neal's lack of surprise. normal's been pretty violently redefined since they've been on the ship, and werewolves are on the low scale of weird.

it's more an appreciative silence, because - it's still weird talking about it, for him, and this is one more in a slowly growing pile of easy acceptances. it's taking a little getting used to. but then he breaks into a grin, even if his tone is still mostly restrained. ]

No, no metaphors. I think I'd take being a wolf over whatever that could possibly be a metaphor for, anyway.

[ but that said, your hipster jokes are still bad, neal. ]

Speaking of which, I'd like to carefully sidestep a discussion about selling illicit meat in alleyways. [ a beat. ] No offense.