Yeah, because no one's ever thought of those before.
[scoff.]
If I'm going to take the time to insult a werewolf I'm not going to fall back on dog jokes. Frankly if I'm going to start a fight, I'll do it with something that I don't feel isn't quite as overdone.
Say we just pretend for a second that I didn't offend you deeply, what I was getting at is - werewolves. The curse is passed via a bite or a scratch, but - does that mean you're like a purebred? Being born with it is basically the same thing, right?
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[scoff.]
If I'm going to take the time to insult a werewolf I'm not going to fall back on dog jokes. Frankly if I'm going to start a fight, I'll do it with something that I don't feel isn't quite as overdone.
[Pause, though.]'
You're from Boston?
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[ Although he hates dog jokes too, actually, so- ]
But seriously, sorry about the cat comment.
And - yeah. Sort of. Ithaca originally. Why?
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Just curious.
[A bit of a laugh]
A lot safer a place than Los Angeles.
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[ hahAHA safe ]
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It has a huge vampire population.
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Is L.A. really worse?
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On top of it add those creepy fae out in Echo Lake and man.
Don't come to L.A.
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Did you really just say "ratkin".
[ but this is weird, because it's actually the closest someone's gotten to saying anything remotely familiar about back home, so- ]
Any chance there's a nasty flu going around L.A. that kills vampires?
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[Wererats are mean to her.]
I don't really follow if the bloodsuckers are getting sick and dying. But if they are I better not eat another one.
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[ and wow eating vampires.......... ]
... just to clarify, you mean while you're a tiger, right.
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But sometimes I get mad and I don't remember what happens.
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Yeah, no, they aren't exactly gourmet material.
Is it - like, is it all the time? Because werewolves are obviously just a once-a-month kind of deal, but yours - yours isn't?
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[S I L E N C E]
Uh.
Well.
No.
I mean, rage is rage, for me. I try and keep it in check.
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[ and that's - not good, and it reminds him more of vampires than wolves. ]
Don't suppose you've tried therapy?
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[A pause, and a laugh]
Rage isn't like-
It's not as simple as that. Without rage I wouldn't have ever been able to change. But yeah. I try to keep it in check. There are ways.
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But you can control it? I mean, use rage to cause a shift. I would say that's handy, but your claw popping makes me slightly hesitant.
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It's not contagious, is it?
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Well, probably. I mean, that's between you and your anger management therapist.
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I mean - no, not rage, your... condition.
[ he sort of regrets his word choice even as he says it. ]
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DEADLY SILENCE]
No.
[PAUSE.]
Josh.
oh mY GOD SIMMER DOWN he was just asking
[ yeah that's all he's got. he could try to qualify the question, but that is a lot of deadly silence and he's slightly scared. ]
CONDITION?
Really?
WELL
[ rambling to cover his tracks? certainly not. ]
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You can't catch it. We're not...you've never-
[Gears turning]
Purebred's a tricky word. Kinfolk are-
[Huff okay hang on]
We should probably do this in person at some point.
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