[caws a couple of times experimentally, then shakes, fluffing his feathers out a bit] It doesn't really get the point across, does it? It's just like noise unless you speak Corvidae. [he picks out a loose feather tuff then continues]

Er, it's a bit complicated. I wasn't always a raven, but I'm a normal enough one now. Not a man in a raven body; just a raven. The name's Matthew. What about you? Normal wolf or something else?