"Yeah. And, unlike you, half of what I did? Standard asshole cop. Didn't matter that I had claws and teeth. With most people I didn't need 'em."

She pours.

"Think she got it, eventually. Even if it took seeing the— thing, I ended up. After the change. It was never that I wanted it. You know? But back there. We didn't have a lot of options for real freedom. It's— better, away from home. Even if we're still attached to the damn things."