Dialling

[ripper_giles]

I never seem to remember before it happens that the downside of cross referencing and losing myself in detailed research into parallel subjects is the fact that when one decides that outside influences are required to progress further, one looks up to find that the place is a bloody mess and I can't find anything anymore. I think I have every book

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[ozwolf]

I glance at the caller id on my cell and see that it's a Sunnydale number. I answer. "Hello?" Wonder if something catastrophic's happened. Hope not.

[ripper_giles]

"Ah, Oz," I say, relieved that he picked up the phone. "Rupert Giles here. I wondered whether I could pick your brains about lycanthrope behaviour - more specifically in regards to one particular lycanthrope exhibiting somewhat abnormal behaviour. Your cousin, I believe."

[ozwolf]

"Jordy?" I ask, frowning and leaning against the nearest wall. "What happened? No one's hurt, are they?" I ask, worried. Suddenly I remember every time I had to sit and worry, sick to my stomach, that I'd hurt someone, or I would hurt someone.

[ripper_giles]

"No," I reassure him. "In fact, quite the opposite and I cannot find in any of my books any other reference to behaviour quite like it." I pause, shifting the phone to cradle in my shoudler as I clean my glasses. "I witnessed Jordy in his wolf form at the high school prom the other night. He was most docile - and appeared to be taking commands from a girl."