Violet had been listening to the other students--much of what she knew about Dark Creatures had already been said, but she thought she had better participate so she raised her hand and waited her turn.

"Dark creatures are by nature magical, have unusual or incomplete lives, and cause harm for no particular reason, like the others have said. I'm not sure they actually have intent, though--it seems like they cause harm or evil because it is their nature to do so, it's like a part of what they are. Some dark creatures are Pogrebins and Vampires and ... I have a question, too, I've heard werewolves are considered Dark Creatures, but I'm not so sure that's true. They are just ordinary people who had the misfortune to get bitten by a werewolf, and most of the time they wouldn't necessarily be any more evil than they were before, would they? And when they have transformed, it seems like they don't really know what they're doing any more, they just attack out of instinct, so would they really have the intent to cause harm?"