And with that, they ate humans in silence and peace. Even the two cheeky princes behaved and merely mouthed jokes at one another, and sometimes whispered it to their Uncle Sangfroid discreetly.
Uncle Sangfroid never laughed and reacted much, since he is trying to be more respectful and felt partially at fault as well. He avoided King Leron's gaze because of shame, but the King just observed his eating with a burning interest.
Perhaps he wanted to know how Sangfroid is doing while cannibalizing people. But voices in Sangfroid's head are making so many assumptions that he blocked it out to avoid choking from embarrassment.
Once they cleared up the plates and only bones were left, the full moon also stopped shining upon them and was engulfed by the clouds. The fires on the candles came back on, and the green aura escaped from their mouths again. Their snouts and claws and body hair start to shrink, and they turn back into humans.
