"Scaleskin is just another curse," Billie points out. "It doesn't offer any protection from the dragon you've been cursed by."

Just like her own curse offers only the barest protection from a full-on werebeast. She can take a scratch or two but a mauling would infect her as easily as anyone else. That half-orc being the last thing she really wants to be thinking about right now, she shakes her head some and turns back to her tea, drinking it while it's still warm.