[The 'inner beast', huh? Steven would like to think he doesn't have one of those. That he wasn't put together to include something that vicious. Trouble is, things are different from back home. He's on his own now, and unsure how that affects him. Maybe, with enough time, he'll grow into something he wasn't intended to be. Maybe all those empty spaces in his mind- or his heart- whatever one calls it- will be filled with less than desirable things.

Or maybe someone hitched a ride with him to Ryslig. He never got to confirm it back home, but he does have a suspicion that maybe it wasn't just Marc and him. But that's too hypothetical to take seriously.]

No, I don't. It was back when we were all teleported across the mountains to that old mining town. I dunno if you were there [and he's not leaving any pause there to answer that, because the words are flowing from his mouth like a waterfall now-] but the fog was a bit funny there. And I hadn't fed once before then, 'cause I was only just getting settled as Naphil. So the second I set foot there, things already felt... off, but then I used my powers to purify some water and I just... [He makes the strangest motion with his hand, like mimicking an explosion with his fingers right in front of his own face.] Lost hold of myself, I s'pose you could call it. Next second, I'd already fed on someone.