"Yeah, that would have gone over well," Mercy said, half-laughing despite - or maybe because of - how horribly insensitive that was. "And then randomly there's a little naked toddler running around the animal park. I'd have lasted like 5 minutes."

She shook her head. "No, she found a great-uncle who was a were - um, who knew of a community where I wouldn't be as different and they found me foster parents there."