"Oh, how silly of me," the woman says, "I had assumed that you already knew, but I guess you're not from around here, are you?"<br/><br/>She looks down and wrings her hands together, before continuing, "I'll tell you what little I know, though I've seen nothing in person... It first started with an attack on an outlying farmhouse, the farmer and his wife were butchered, their two daughters, and most of the livestock, were taken... The captain of the town guard put out a warning, he said there were a lot of footprints, some humanoid, others beast-like. That was about a month ago. Since then there 'ave been four or five other attacks, always on isolated homes on the outskirts of town, and the guard 'aven't been able to do more than clean up the mess... bloody disaster."<br/><br/>She pauses before going on, "Our other problem is... more chronic. The townsfolk 'ave been telling stories for almost a year now; saying that there's a demon among us, a shape-changer who makes mischief, stealing gold, clothing, food, wine... those who claim to have seen it in its normal form say it looks like a young girl, but with fur like a cat's, and<em>two</em>tails. They used to think she made a lair out in the abandoned mansion in the forest, but no one 'as wanted to go check. But anyway, people aren't too concerned about that right now, what with the other monster and 'is minions out murdering and kidnapping. Hell, the only good thing to happen lately is young Autumn coming to assist me here at the orphanage..."