We spent some more time talking through how to proceed, how long we'd wait, what signs we'd look for from the Holts, and how to keep this place secure, when a thought suddenly hit me.
I turned to Ana.
"Hey, Ana. Do you know if there's any skill, technique, or... I don't know, ritual or something that could let humans gain a second transformation like the Ferans?"
She paused mid-sentence, blinking. Her brows lifted in surprise.
"You know about that?" she asked slowly.
Her tone wasn't suspicious, just genuinely surprised. I guess she didn't expect an outsider, especially a human, to know something that sounded like a deep racial secret.
I nodded. "Yeah. I've heard about it. Only a little, but enough to be curious."
She looked at Steve, then back at me. For a few seconds, she just stared, as if weighing something in her head.
Ana looked at me and nodded.
"Yes, there is a method. My race has a way to give people from other races the ability to gain a second transformation."
