Ella listened to Poitr's story. He had a lot to tell and to her, it was very interesting to hear, but maybe that was just because his life was so different from the lives of all the other people she knew. When he was done talking, she told him about her own life in return, even though she felt like she didn't have that much to tell.
She grew up knowing both of her parents. Her father could change into a tiger and her mother into a deer. She spent a lot of time with her mother, as her father was one of the shapeshifters who protected the tribe, and because of that he was often busy with his job. Her mother, like most women in their tribe, didn't have such a position, so had a lot of time to take care of Ella instead.
Her father died once while he was on a mission to protect the tribe when Ella was almost three, but Ella never got to know what exactly had happened to him. Soon after that, her mother died when the tribe was attacked by human hunters, which was when Ella learned that humans hated them so much, even though she still didn't know why.
During that attack, she had also become friends with who had to be the only friend she had in her life so far. While the tribe was attacked, Ella was told to hide, and when she got into a hollow tree, she found that there was already a boy in there, two years older than she was. He let her stay, and they hid there together until it was safe again. He told her that his name was Silas and that he could change into a crow. The boy had lost his mother too during the attack, but still had his father to take care of him.
She also told Poitr about the werewolf that would show up every full moon. A lot of werewolves hid in the forest when it was full moon, but there was one in particular who would always visit her and make sure that she was still okay. Every time, he would stay with her once he had found her and protected her all night long. His fur was like a soft, warm blanket.
That was really all she could think of to tell to Poitr. She was much younger than he was, so she didn't have as much to tell, neither. At least, that's how it seemed to the little girl.