The Raven and the Reindeer

by T. Kingfisher

But you’re too set in your own skin. You’re a healthy young animal and you know it. And people who really live in their own flesh and know it and love it make lousy shapechangers.” “I…well. But Gerta doesn’t?” Livli shook her head. “Some people don’t. Their bodies carry them around, but they don’t live in them quite the same way.”