" Will you be all right?" she asked me. It was not an empty question; she genuinely listened for my reply.
"In time," I told her, and for the first time, I admitted that was true. As disloyal as the thought felt, I knew that as time passed, I would be myself again. And in that moment, I felt for the first time the sensation that Black Rolf had tried to describe to me. The wolfish part of my soul stirred, and, Yes, you will be yourself again, and that is as it should be, I heard near as clearly as if Nighteyes had truly shared the thought with me. "

― Robin Hobb , Fool's Errand (Tawny Man, #1)