[ He nods at ritualistic murders as though that is entirely more sensible a frame of reference than neurochemistry. It is entirely depressing, Jon notes distantly, that he is now so vastly more familiar with the former than the latter, and more keen to believe its relevance on principle.

It's been a bad few years. ]

The shape-shifting is new even for me, I will admit. But, ah... meat is a rather consistent throughline. Unfortunately.

[ He continues to eye the pig cautiously. ]

In my experience, the safest approach is simply to walk the other way, when something like this begins.

[ He has, of course, never done that. It would've required self-preservation to outweigh curiosity and blind stubbornness. ]