A monster in the guise of a man. Ethlyn stared at the parchment, and then she studied the young man. He didn't look like a monster to her, unless his guise really was that good. And she didn't think a monster would be calling himself a paladin and fighting monstrous creatures right after he arrived, either.

"The accusations aren't always right," she said firmly. "Mine isn't. So don't take it as a fact... you don't look monstrous to me."