You decide to get that wound seen to, if only for your peace of mind.
Keeping your hand over it, you enter the shop where an elderly woman, Madame Lutulla, is sitting in a rocking chair. "What can I do for you?" she asks.
"I've just been attacked by a wild creature" you answer, removing your hand.
Lutulla inspects your face closely. "It's hard to make out with the beard."
Beard? you were clean-shaven when you set out! you feel your face again and feel facial hair. What's more, you seem to be slightly fatter too...