"Pretty much," Sunshine agrees. "You get weres like rats and coyotes just about everywhere, but that fits the pattern, too." She decides that she isn't getting a rat or coyote vibe from Yuri, not that she really knows what she's talking about, vibe-wise. She'd also like to say that she's not getting a skunk vibe, but that could be wishful thinking.

Anyway, it's not like she can really tell anything by looking. The shadows might be some help, but again, no illustrated user guide. And since any given were is going to be flouting the laws of physics when they change, it isn't that surprising that there's no real physical similarities between a were's human shape and their animal one. Like, a werechicken isn't necessarily going to be plump and twitchy with feathery hair, and a wereweasel isn't necessarily going to be skinny and have a long torso. Point being, general broadness aside, Yuri could be a wererabbit for all she knows.

Talk about wishful thinking.

"I can understand taking a concept - like magic, or weres, or vampires - and running with it. That happens all the time. But it's weird to just hit upon the idea of a werewolf and stop there, even if the werewolves were all you remembered."