[ That night had been...unusual by itself, if only because Geralt's only ever encountered two types of Monsters under the lunar cycle: those aware of themselves and those violently feral. Like he'd been. Or Alex, or Eren. Hungry, aggressively territorial. But Cloud had been something else.

He blinks. How? That's not an issue he's given thought to. ]

The first moon, I didn't. Lost myself entirely. But I wasn't bonded. It's been easier since.

[ He considers. There's only one difference between them that he knows of, about how they enter the full moons. Something Cloud's Bondmate had grumbled to him about as they'd trekked up the muddy hills. ] Zack says you leave him behind when you turn.