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[growling]

JOSH LEVISON ( 010 » 046 )
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[endeavors]

Yep. Both our families are. [a beat. He sounds a little smaller when he continues,] And our son.

[growling]

Your son?

[ he sounds surprised, but it's more disbelief than anything. ]

Is that - that's normal for you guys, right? Is it a normal term, or- [ wow that's really gross and personal. ] Sorry, that's hideously inappropriate. Congratulations? [ good save?? ]

[endeavors]

I'm not sure what you mean, but - thanks. [that. Sounded a bit like a question more than gratitude.]

[growling]

It means - something hideously inappropriate.

[ seriously, he was about to ask if your wife's pregnancy was human-length or dog-length. ]

But don't worry. Your secret's safe with me. [ which is the subtle implication that he's hoping his is safe with andy, too. ] Is it - it is a secret, right? What you guys can do?

[endeavors]

It is. Or - was. Supposed to be. I'm not sure there's a point in keeping it here, since... wolf people are a thing. Apparently.

[growling]

They are, but they aren't all out either. I think it's mostly personal preference and old habits dying hard.

[ well, mostly that. ]

Some think there are still threats out there. Hunters.

[endeavors]

Really? [That's. Inconvenient. We don't want that.] I don't think I've met anyone who was... anti-us.

[growling]

I've run into a couple, but they were mostly just talking trash on the network. Pretty sure the ship's "no murdering people" rules apply to wolf people, too.

[endeavors]

[Pause. He becomes a little quieter.]

I don't think that's every stopped anyone before.

[growling]

[ he should probably be polite and not pry, but it's already been established that he only manages that in extreme circumstances. ]

Do you have them where you're from?

[ he's used to threats - from vampires and other wolves, mostly - but hunters aren't something he ever encountered back home. ]

[endeavors]

Well... there aren't any hunters in the city. Back in Portugal, though - they were definitely out there. But that's it, I think.

[growling]

Wait, are you talking wolf hunters or werewolf hunters?

[endeavors]

--wolf. Or just general hunters. I don't - [er.] Well, I've never heard of werewolves actually existing. Where I'm from.

[growling]

[ says the guy who turns into a wolf. moon or no, that sounds pretty werewolfy. ]

Right. Pretty sure that's just semantics. Anyway, the point is that it's not my secret to tell, so I won't.

[endeavors]

Thanks. I appreciate it. But - semantics?

[growling]

Semantics. You say you don't have werewolves, but you're a man who turns into a wolf, so - call a spade a spade, right? Not all of the myths line up where I'm from, either.

[endeavors]

... I don't know. I was always taught we were pretty different. Wolf thing aside.

[growling]

Can I ask how? And actually, are there other kinds of shape-shifters, or... ?

[endeavors]

We're just born this way? Uhm. Silver doesn't do anything to us. We're not ruled by the moon or anything. Stuff like that. And yeah, there are other kinds of shape-shifters. I think we're the most common, though. So to speak.

[growling]

[ okay yes, he's slightly jealous. ]

I think there are some that are born where I'm from, but - well, I actually have no idea how it works for them. They don't really hand out pamphlets, but we do have purebreds.

[endeavors]

Can I ask how you...?

[growling]

How I... ? [ it takes a second, but- ] How I became a wolf?

[ twice, and quite messily, actually. ] I was scratched. Where I'm from, it's a... curse. [ he'd rather say infection, or disease, but that line of thinking never got him anywhere back home in terms of a cure. ]

Which is why I'm not sure how the purebreds work. I don't think people who are cursed can have children.

[endeavors]

[he's not sure which would be worse - being born with it or having it forced on you. Neither really offers a choice, but - at least you knew what to expect when you were born a wolf. Andy's heard stories of rebellious wolves who want to be fully human, but they might as well just be rumors.]

Sorry.

[growling]

Don't worry about it.

[ he might've said that to be polite, at one point, but now it feels surprisingly honest. ]

It's - I met my wife. Because of it, and I probably never would have otherwise, so- it's not all terrible.

[ the wedding was fairly recent, space abduction aside. he's still in that phase. ]

[endeavors]

Oh - you're married? I didn't realize. [Or did he? Andy is trying to remember if Josh mentioned that before and it slipped his mind. That would be awkward. And rude.] Uhm - what's her name?