I've been wondering about something in the first novel. This may have been mentioned in the thread before, but I didn't see it in what I've read in the thread so far.
Spoiler for Did I read this right?:
In the first novel Lawrence and Holo were talking about why she left Yoitsu. Lawrence asked Holo if she found a friend. She said "He's a bit foolish, but very cheerful. He wasn't the least bit surprised when he saw my wolf form. I suppose he is a bit odd, but a good fellow nonetheless. He really is a fool though, sometimes I'm at a loss." I had watched the anime before reading the novel, so I took this as someone she met long ago, the person who asked Holo to stay and help the wheat fields. Reading the novel again though, I'm a bit confused at the use of the present tense to describe the friend. Reading it that way and how she's acting with Lawrence, it would seem more like she's actually talking about him and he's just too dense to notice it. Admittedly, Lawrence did react when he saw her wolf arm, but he didn't panic or turn her away, which is most likely more than she would have expected from him, and took his rather mild response as not being surprised.