Ahmaht put a hand on Zel's back and said he could use his energy for healing if possible. Zel smiled slightly. It was a kind thought, though practically impossible. He would need to borrow magical energy, and it was evident that Ahmaht didn't have any. He stayed quiet though, mostly because Ahmaht had already moved on to... other things.<br/><br/>It was rather unexpected. When Zel had said the wolf ought to be cleaned, dropping it in a lake wasn't exactly what he meant. But if nothing else it seemed to get the job done. After the original dunk Ahmaht came back to shore and left the wolf to bathe on its own. That's when the strangest thing happened.<br/><br/>The wolf disappeared beneath the water's surface for just a moment, but it wasn't a wolf that came back up. Down went a wolf and up came your average man. Zel's nearly instantaneous conclusion was that the man<span style="font-style: italic">was</span>the wolf, and could somehow change forms. Perhaps his earlier injury was keeping him from doing so? But Zel supposed this explained his human possessions, and how tame the wolf had been.<br/><br/>Still though, it is not impossible for understanding and complete and utter shock to occur simultaneously. Beneath Zel's mask his mouth was open slightly and he was speechless. Then stranger still, after the wolf-man had thanked him and Ahmaht, he seemed to address Larea as their leader. Perhaps wolf-women were dominant over males in his species?<br/><br/>That all aside, it seemed he had some questions for them, so Zel sighed and chose to just accept that strange things were going to keep happening in his life. "What questions do you have?" Zel asked, cognizant of Larea's shocked state.