Jane Lucci, chieftain of the Broad Brook Shadow Lords, appears with a clap of thunder and a long, low howl. The galliard appears first as a dark gray wolf with strangely short fur, like someone buzzed it down and let it regrow for a few days, then she shifts into her homid form: a dark and intense Italian-American woman with close-cropped hair, a ragged jean jacket, and a bass guitar. She looks like if Joan Jett had to bulk up for a heavyweight fight.
"So you're what we got now, huh?" Jane says, looking you up and down. She has a pronounced Boston accent, even rougher than Podge's. Her fingers work the frets of her bass. "You play?"
"I'm not a musician, sorry."
"Yeah. Overwatch, Fortnite. Some Wordle."
"I fight."
"Nin plays. I just try to keep her out of trouble."
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