"I wouldn't call it stealing." He spread his thin, clawed hands, sparing a moment to look at them as if he'd only just noticed that they changed as well. He patted his face. Man, he needed to find a mirror. He hoped he hadn't gotten any uglier.

"Stealing's such an...ugly word." Even now he was grinning involuntarily. This fellow could see through him like wet tissue paper but JW was just so dedicated to his story. "And besides, the place was abandoned. Cobwebs and dust everywhere."