>>5574396>>5574407>>5574408>>5574423>>5574454>>5574462>>5574466>Attempt reasoning(?).You take a deep breath and drive your heel into the ground.
“Uh–wait! Wait.” You shout, your hand held up (a hand he will not see). You shrink as his head snaps toward you. “You–.. you are a beast of reason, no? We are not with the cult. We came here from outside. We freed you from that church. You ought to thank us as your liberators..! Your– your sexy liberators..?”
“What are you doing, missy..?!” The oracle hisses as she knocks at your backside with her lantern. “Sexy?!”
The wolf tilts his head, chains clattering against chains, slowly stepping toward you–each footstep slow and deliberate, each breath white in the wintry air. The wolf consumes your vision, iron mask over his maw and manacles over his claws. You blanche, breath held, eyes shut, his maw right before yours.. and then you feel him pull back.
“My name is Morne.” The wolf’s intonation hints at more sophistication that his beastly look belies. “And I have no quarrel with you.. my ‘sexy liberators.’”
You release a sigh of relief as the wolf pulls back, hands on his chains. “It’s a relief to know this village isn’t all just lunatic zealotry.” MORNE’s voice is a quiet snarl. “You ought to get out of here if you don’t want to end up at the end of a knife, though–these “men” are beasts, one and all.”
>Introduce yourself properly.>Ask him to join your cult (if you want to look needy and desperate).>Question him. Is the legend of the BEAST of SEINS-DE-SAINT-ANNE all true?>Write-In. 