“Mm, no, I don’t want to run. I want to fight you. No holding back.” He’s very glad of the secret training ground—it means he’ll be able to stretch out into his other shape without any tedious worry about the consequences of letting the other prisoners see. He does feel cramped if he goes too long in human skin alone.

“I wouldn’t break it. But I can’t make a portal to where we’re going if I haven’t been there yet, so I’m being good.” The last word is accompanied by an attempt at an angelic expression.