Tonks weighed her question carefully, already keenly aware of her.. Social Shortcomings when it came to tact. "Back then.. If you don't mind me asking, what.. What was it like? Before the potion?" No matter how hard she tried to phrase it, she still felt like a monster for asking and shook her head, "I'm sorry, that must sound terribly inappropriate."
The more awkward she became thinking about what a private and painful subject this must be for the man to talk about, the more encouraged she felt when she saw him smile, and for a second it were as thought a huge weight had been lifted from her shoulders. Her eyes widened with interest when he mentioned the potion and Tonks tried to think of anything she knew that might be related to it, "Wolfsbane... Wolfsbane.." She shook her head finally, "No, I can't say I've heard anything about it. But.. Going by what you're saying.. If what you're saying sticks, then if you could get the Ministry involved in making it more accessible to people, that could easily help lower the amount of werewolf attacks during the year, which means less attacks for the Prophet to rag on about and less horror stories for the general public to share about werewolves!" She went on excitedly, nearly running out of breath. Werewolf attacks were among the nastiest to investigate, and from what Lupin was telling her, it wasn't exactly sunshine and daisies for the wolves themselves, either. "Less horror stories, less things people have to discriminate about. There's nothing to be done with the older generations, but if the younger generations don't grow up hearing about people being mauled once a month, maybe that will give future wolves a better chance out there." She stopped suddenly, her expression sobering as her mind suddenly took an unwanted u-turn back to what he'd said, "But.. But if you become more self aware because of the potion's effects.. Does that mean.. Does that mean that you're conscious for your transformation?"