No I suppose I can't! You've got me there. How brutal a choice, would the limb with a paw be that much of an inconvenience?

Part human? How does that work?

[Surely you're not going to tell him your parents were... Gosh he might blush.]

[No he assumes either something to do with the Porter or some sort of were beast. An animal could be a were human in some odd situation, right?]