[Bigby doesn't answer for what feels like a long time, though in reality it can't be longer than a minute, maybe two. You can't give an easy answer to this question, especially when the details are still slowly revealing themselves at a snail's pace — steady and reliable, but excruciatingly slow. He remembers his home, his...family (regrettably so, but not for the reasons one would imagine; the truth's more complex than that) and what he really is, what he's always been, what he always will be no matter the form or the magic it takes to maintain it.

It's explaining it to someone who might not get what a Fable is, let alone the Big Bad Wolf, that's the hard part. So...he opts for the honest, most straightforward route.]

Because I am human. Sort of, right now. [...Which really isn't that straightforward at all, come to think of it, and you can tell he knows by the way his eyes narrow, already too tired for any of this.] It's...complicated. Whatever your nose is telling you, that's what you should believe.

[He's guessing that it must be sending Tsume some pretty mixed messages right now, though. Maybe not the best advice to give.]

Hey. Does the name "Hesse" ring any bells, or the Black Forest? [If the answer to any of those questions is yes, it would solve a lot of problems.]