[ peter raises an eyebrow, turning to dylan. he's kind of relieved to skip over those blank two years and how he ended up there. ]

Familiars are always animals, so it couldn't be your werewolf thing. They can be weird animals, but they're still animals. I've seen a wolf running around who looks more like he's a chunk of furry night sky, but he's still a wolf. Percy turns into an...eagle, I think? Some kind of raptor, I've only seen it a couple times. Makes sense, anyway, he's a sharpshooter. It's a personality thing, I think--I turn into my wolf because it's part of who I am as a person. But if I tried real hard I could probably be something else. Maybe a cat, I'm a lazyass like that. Anyway, you keep your human mind, some people can even talk. The people who chill up at Baba Yaga could probably tell you more about that, I figured it out by accident on my own, but that's where the magic folks hang out.

[ another drag on the cigarette, and then he holds it out a bit toward dylan, inviting him to share. ]

Which full moon? Last one, I stayed with you. Usually I go out into the forest and run, or let Caleb use me as a backrest until I need to go change back. He's seen it, but it's messy both directions, I always change outside.