((Dull-sized?))
Cairn laughs mirthlessly"A girlfriend? Seriously? In Sanctuary, the only people distrusted more than, or even as much as, the Shadowmancers are the Empaths and the Ferals. The former are almost all employed as assassins or counter-assassins, and the latter have a tendency to go nuts and try to eat you. Whats more, since public image of Shadowmancers is so bad, at least in part for good reason, our Order have massive restrictions imposed upon us - segregrated living, secluded housing, curfews, the works. So, in answer to your question, no, I don't have a girlfriend."
[Note Luke, that, just like all the other races of Sanctuary, Ferals are more than a little magic infused. Still, Ferals are much less physics-breaking than Shifters
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With a howl, Deadly is finally knocked loose from his perch. Screeching all the way down, he plummets to the ground. With a sickening crunch, he impacts, breaking all or most of his bones, including his neck. Very slowly, Deadly turns human, before standing to yell at Luke"That's it! If I have to kill you as a human, so be it!"
Cursing to himself, he grabs a piece of Luke's armor, using a strip of his tunic to fasten it to the same metal bar from the earlier encounter, it having miraculously survived the long fall. Makeshift polearm at the ready, Deadly picks up another piece of armor to use as a shield, and prepares for battle. [Ferals have two sets of wounds, for their two different forms. Luckily, EVERY ONE of Deadly's major wounds was in his Feral form, so, although he has only human strengths now, he is also rested and uninjured.]