( it's not easy to shake soren from one of his Moods. still, he looks over to the cracked shelf of ice left over from ranulf's experiment. )

Not bad. Especially for an amateur. ( hmm. odd enough to be worth noting? he returns his focus back to the cat. a witch who is also a cat... ) Never thought you'd get to play with magic like this, I bet.

( he's grateful that ranulf is spared the horrors of body transformation. not that he's a stranger to changing from human to animal, but the excruciating shift over months and months into something you never were before is what's terrible. ranulf would hate becoming a cat-fish, for example. (and learn to finally embrace the water he keeps falling into...) an idea skips across his mind. before he gets to that, he releases a sigh of wry amusement. )

This is ridiculous. It's almost like we've changed places. I transform, and you can do magic. ( okay! he's slowly being worked out of the grim mire of his starting mood. there's still so much he wants to tell, to ask, but... this is natural. one thing at a time. ) Have you heard of the concept of Bonding yet? And no, I don't mean in the traditional sense of the word.