the monsters turned out to be just trees

hope keeps us breathing, just to kill us in the end

Though Remi didn't like to do it, he could partially shift enough that he was able to talk while in raccoon form. It just felt very, very awkward. Still, apparently Loren wasn't going to enjoy the silence, and so Remi reluctantly filled it.

"I probably would not, actually." He hummed softly into the folds of Loren's collar. "Most of the fae I have seen have animal shifts. They are not attuned, but they can communicate silently the way we can".