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Helena was shocked at Edmond's request to touch the paw. [color=ed1c24] "Oh, yeah of course,"[/color] she said and held her arm out to him.  Carefully, the claws slid back into their sheaths, the black pads now unprotected by nature's knives.  The dark brown fur wasn't necessarily soft, but it was warm.  Edmond was the first person who wanted to feel one of her transformations and she was happy about that.