"I'm trying to expand my boundaries," Barry explains. "I've been out of my depth since I got here, but don't worry, there aren't instructors all the time. It's just while we're in Nevrione. They...are pretty kinky here."

He smiles for the man's explanation, but it soon fades to slack astonishment as he realizes he's not kidding. "For real?" he breathes. He's met so many unusual people here, but never a werewolf. "What's it like?" he can't help asking, even as he pushes away the man's own seedlings.

"I've got too many already," he says in a rush, "Gold ones, too." Barry is a little closer now, as if he'll see evidence of a werewolf just by looking hard enough. "Do you really become a wolf when there's a full moon? And sorry - "

Barry pockets his seedlings so he can offer his hand. "I'm Barry."