[ Tessa smiles. ] It is indeed. Without some of these books, I do not think I would have been able to bear the training by the Darke Sisters as well as I did. [ Which wasn't very well, but that aside. ]

I told you that I can Change into another person, did I not. [ And a moment later, instead of Tessa, there's a blonde woman in her place - still in the same dress, blonde curls and a French accent when she speaks. Camille was not the easiest for Tessa to Change into, perhaps the hardest for all that she is foreign to Tessa, but Tessa cannot as easily access Camille's feelings and thoughts and she doesn't want to which makes Camille a good choice. ]

There are other shapeshifters in my world, warlocks, but they cannot as I can remember the memories and feel the emotions of the one they Change into.

[ And then there's Tessa again, watching McCoy with wide eyes. ]