The Werewolf listened earnestly to what the teacher said, and was happy to see that the man was not troubled by him. Back with his parents, the line of the Ebonvuk pack was growing thinner and thinner and the only thing they could do was try to assimilate with human society, except Ivo's family. Without being able to hide his heritage from humans, they had to live closed off from their family who lived in towns and society itself, which could be terribly lonesome. When relatives did come over to visit, Ivo would be shooed out for family meetings and his relatives would complain that his parents had to stay so far away only for him. Being the eavesdropper he was, it had hurt the poor teenager's pride from very young, turning into a powerful insecurity of his.

The Ebonvuk pack had many different forms, but since most of the descendants had mingled their blood with humans, there was no one to help Ivo's special situation. Ivo could easily change more into a wolf, that came naturally for him. What the boy couldn't do was change all the way to a human. It had been a normal custom for women and children to take on the form of humans during their time in the village long ago, but the need to look human was even more pressing in the modern day. While the boy didn't want to trouble too many people with this problem, he nodded hearing that the Guidance Counselor may need to talk to him. That's what the counselor was here for right? 

Ivo looked over to where Ryoshi was meeting the eyes of Eryn and saw the counselor wave. He hesitantly nodded back to him, thinking that waving would show off his claws too much. Most of the people of the Ebonvuk pack were more like humans than anything else, only his close family kept up with traditions. The pride of the pack had been diffused with each generation that mingled with humans, until the pride of a warrior wasn't too big in the family. Ivo had lived a rather sheltered life in the wilderness, so he didn't really understand the concept of reputation and the like. 

Ivo gave a bow to Ryoshi and offered his farewells before heading over to see the Counselor. He wasn't about ready to talk a great deal about his problem to Eryn, he just wanted to offer his greetings like his mother had grilled him to do ever since he got the invite to the academy. [color=silver][b]"U-Um, hello! I am Ivo Ebonvuk, pure slavic werewolf of the Ebonvuk pack... please allow me to humbly ask for your training and advice!"[/b][/color] The Were bowed.

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