It was hard to believe that my companion knew nothing of the court case. It had been all over the media for weeks. I pointed out the main characters from our vantage point in the public gallery and tried to fill him in on the story so far in a succession of low whispers.

“It’s fine”, he whispered back, “I don’t need to know every detail. Please just let me pick it up as we go along.”

“OK”, I replied, “But I have to tell you now that those aren’t really police officers giving evidence. All three are werewolves”.