[ Ahiru tries to imagine a world where everyone is these hybrids and not one or the other. She does have some experience with the concept, but they were rare, not the norm. And she's pretty sure everyone went back to the bodies they were supposed to in the end, like her. She listens with wide eyes. ]

We kind of had ... well Mr. Cat was a big cat person. And Anteaterina was an ant-eater girl? My friend Mytho turned into a raven person for awhile but that's because he was poisoned with raven blood.

[ She tries not to let herself feel bad for that because it did all work out. He's now somewhere safe with Rue. Well 'safe,' apparently not really according to this place. ]

But everyone's humans, really. That was a spell.