"There were rumours startin', 'n I couldn' pu' Annie a' risk," he said, voice low and thick again. "'nd there were a therian teacher here I needed t' see, t' help me reach Siofra, 'n t' try 'n control 'im." He looked at her with an almost apologetic grimace. "It weren't always as easy f' me," he added, "'n back then, m' anger were m' biggest enemy. I'd shift, 'n not always at the best o' times. So I came here, t' learn, 'n ended up stayin'. 's a group who'd shoot first 'n ask questions later, 'n then there's the cops, 'n some professor in Leicester 's discovered this new testing, DNA or summin'."