[The bat visibly sighs when he's set down. He'd hoped to have time to explain on his own terms, but... well, these two were very definitely vampires. He shakes himself free of the towel - slowly, to avoid both further pain and alarming anyone - and takes human form on one knee, his head bowed.

Karin should probably leave the room, now. If unhappiness is her trigger, she's going to get an extra large dose of it off of him as soon as he's fully formed.]

My intent was not to deceive. Your daughters happened upon me in the playground, with a broken wing. Had I tried to scare those children off, they would certainly have remembered seeing a man stand up where a bat had been a moment before.