[she breathes out with a smile on her lips and the taste of smoke still behind her teeth.]

I'm not trying to corrupt you. Really. This place has a habit of making beasts out of people all on its own. [maybe she should have been more up front about that to begin with.] It doesn't need any help from the devil. I transformed into a giant raven a few months ago and the devil didn't have anything to do with it.

[she's certain of that. hopefully he won't have any follow-up questions, but she wouldn't be that lucky. as long as it's about beasthood in general, she'll be fine with it.]