The contents of Ahnasha's explanation did not allay Llarasa's fears as much as the fact that Ahnasha was speaking just as she would in her Khajiit form. There was necessarily a deep, lisping distortion to speaking through a large wolf snout, but Ahnasha's inflections identified her.

Unlike Monderyn, who was content to stand in place, Llarasa took a careful step closer to Ahnasha, and then another. "You're huge," Llarasa stated, for lack of anything else to describe her. Her face was still astonished. "You say there are those like this that...lose control? They act like beasts, like the one that attacked Fendros?"

Fendros smiled and nodded to Llarasa. "If you think Ahna's big, you should see Kaleeth."

Llarasa's eyes widened and she gave Kaleeth a sideways look. She had just spent a great deal of time socialising with the gentle and kind Kaleeth. Imagining her as a larger beast than the werewolf before her was a small shock in itself.

With the tension beginning to pass, Rhazii ran up to Ahnasha's leg without even a trace of fear. "Can I ride on your shoulders, mama?"