"Ah." An intelligent and articulate response. Look, how is she supposed to respond to that? Vex imagines she's being a fairly good sport about all of this, but that is a lot to take in. So far, she's largely been avoiding addressing the monster subject.

A fact that's likely to turn into the giant unspoken werebeast in the room.

"Splendid." Except, the opposite of that. "I suppose it was too much to hope that tales of people turning into monsters had been exaggerated. I ate it that's happened to you?"