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Blemishes? Bazi made big eyes at that, but managed to keep her curiosity from brimming over into more questions. It wasn't her place, and Fox did not condone gossip, but she was desperate to know. Perhaps it would be easier to ask Ferdie outright.

"But you control it now," she said, recalling the coyote confrontation. "When you fought those trespassers; you were in control. You killed the miscreants, and you stopped - and that was that. I think you're more alright than you give yourself credit for," the girl punctuated with a firm nod - as if this made it more true. "When was the last time you hurt someone?" she probed.