"The thing they're claiming is terrorizing the neighborhood's not a monster. It might look like one, and sound like one, but he's a thinking creature and an innocent one. He just got stuck in the wrong place, wrong time." It's clear from the way he's holding the gun now that he's more interested in getting Emma to believe him than terrifying her into it.

A wisdom check of 14+ also detects a sudden strong scent of ham wafting in from that next room. Tinged with a bit of violets.