Maybe. ( Gently, that. According to Snow, Regina was entirely different when she was young. If those stories were anything to go by, Regina wouldn't have wanted to burn anything at all, then. A lot of things changed. A lot of them changed, sometimes for the better and often for the worse.
Red shrugs, easily. ) People don't always say what they think.
( Whether that means that people probably do like the way Merrill thinks and just fail to say it, or whether Merrill having so little filter is the good thing... well. A little of column A and B, and if there is a C, some of that, too.
Even the earnestness with how she asks about the wolf stuff is kind of nice, even if it's jarring in the same moment. ) I'm human.
( Although, that doesn't seem to sum it up. ) The Wolf is always there. I am it, all the time, same way I'm Red all the time. It's a part of me I had to... accept. Not accepting it, wishing I wasn't the Wolf...
( Her gaze drops. ) It doesn't go well. But a lot of people call what I am a werewolf, in--
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Red shrugs, easily. ) People don't always say what they think.
( Whether that means that people probably do like the way Merrill thinks and just fail to say it, or whether Merrill having so little filter is the good thing... well. A little of column A and B, and if there is a C, some of that, too.
Even the earnestness with how she asks about the wolf stuff is kind of nice, even if it's jarring in the same moment. ) I'm human.
( Although, that doesn't seem to sum it up. ) The Wolf is always there. I am it, all the time, same way I'm Red all the time. It's a part of me I had to... accept. Not accepting it, wishing I wasn't the Wolf...
( Her gaze drops. ) It doesn't go well. But a lot of people call what I am a werewolf, in--
(In the world without magic. ) In some places.