[Simon starts pulling on his shoes, still facing away from Matt--who's facing away from him. Very sociable, these two.]
I was born able to do it, yeah, but I didn't start being able to change until I was about fourteen. Scared the shit out of me the first few times. I'm adopted. Most shapeshifters grow up with their families teaching them about the change; I didn't exactly have that going for me. I thought I was some sort of freak until I ended up here.
[And found out that everything that goes bump in the night is actually real. Delightful.]
Were you born, uh, with your ability? [He laughs.] Or are you just a ninja who happens to enjoy running around London at night with a shapeshifters, werewolves, and the like?
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I was born able to do it, yeah, but I didn't start being able to change until I was about fourteen. Scared the shit out of me the first few times. I'm adopted. Most shapeshifters grow up with their families teaching them about the change; I didn't exactly have that going for me. I thought I was some sort of freak until I ended up here.
[And found out that everything that goes bump in the night is actually real. Delightful.]
Were you born, uh, with your ability? [He laughs.] Or are you just a ninja who happens to enjoy running around London at night with a shapeshifters, werewolves, and the like?