"You'll catch on to the weird shit pretty quick. Solvunn doesn't really give you a choice otherwise." Nero's arms cross across his chest somehow tighter, though. He thought he'd gotten past this. This whole -- he knows he's a freak, but every time it's pointed out, it feels like ice running down his spine. He knows why he's a freak now, but he never wished to be anything but human.

"It's only like the fourth time I've done it. I didn't... back home. It's not like this is just normal for me, either."

He cannot believe he's explaining this.

"I didn't have a fucking tail, either. This world, the magic in it, it fucks around with people. So just be prepared, 'cause one day it might happen to you. Maybe you'll wake up with a second head, or fourteen legs. I'm just warnin' you. All you gotta know is you can chill, 'cause no matter what weird shit I do, I'm not gonna hurt you."