"I've been t'Boston. It was a shithole." Offence intended. "Bunch of Americans who think that 'cos their Great Nana was Irish that it somehow means they are." And the Bostonian Fianna were the worst offenders of it. "I heard some prick talkin' about the old country like that's even a fuckin' thing and Ireland ain't a real place. Wearin' a fuckin kilt." Ren sucks her teeth in latent annoyance.

"I ain't got a clue who Lon whatever his face is--" Well before her time, unfortunately. "But I heard underwear model 'nd now you have my interest." And that alone made it worthwhile to pick up a thread of conversation with this Khoriya. Did that have the ring of Silent Strider to it or was she just engaging in wishful thinking?

"He turn into a human or is he a wolf all the time?" Ren asks.