Francis listened to her words with interest. "Wow, that is a lot to go through..." he smiled out of sympathy. He decided to dodge the 'mother' question and instead ask her another question. "Can I... if it's not too much trouble... see you as a human?"<br/><br/>That was the downside to his trickery. He was somewhat addicted to information. Add to that that he knew the surrounding woods like the back of his paw, and that meant he already knew where the cave she was talking about was.<span style="font-style: italic">~She's been living in</span>that<span style="font-style: italic">small little cave? No wonder she got upset talking about it.~</span><br/><br/>Stepping back, as if to say he wasn't going to make her do it alone, he once again shifted his form to the young man that had approached the cabin. "Now you change... Don't worry, I don't have that unwanted feral side effect when I'm human."