Juliana raised an eyebrow at his explanation, bemused. She wasn't really sure she understood what he meant, because her thoughts on lycanthropy were too expansive to boil down into one succinct philosophy. To do that, and then apply that same philosophy to all of it, was a bit much for her to wrap her head around when they were only talking about it in such vague terms. If his instinct when trying to explain it had been to compare it to the things she'd written in her letters, though, she was still decidedly of the impression she'd be interested in learning more about it.

"Well," she said with a smile. "If that's the case, I imagine I might get along with some of these 'progressive types.'" With a curious glint to her eye, she continued, "Do you count yourself in that group, or do you only drink here?"