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"Hate to break it to you pal, but I don't shapeshift, I possess." Joseph said to the metalbender. "And sadly, asshole is my default, so there's no changing that either. But you know what? I'm gonna play nice and help you out. Doesn't matter what that thing is, I could beat the shit outta it any day of the week."

He looked back to Thalia, a friendlier tone to his voice again.

"Well, I'm [i]in[/i] a cat." He clarified. "Not much of a body, but you can't really be picky when your only other option is dying with your original body, you know?"

He did his best to raise a brow when she suggested that [i]he[/i] of all people would have trouble fighting the creature, although he did find a little bit of amusement in the idea that he would be snuggling it to death.

"I'll leave those for plans b and c, but I [i]could[/i] do it. You've seen this body, it's frackin' adorable. Still though, have you perhaps forgotten how goddamn amazing my soul is? I could turn this shit into a blade that'd have [i]Guts[/i] asking me what I'm compensating for..."

Despite how much he could continue along that line of thinking, he decided to leave it be when he saw the expression on her face. She was probably thinking about Rina's usual thought process when it came to her tests, and while he had originally planned to just ignore the rules and relieve some stress on whatever monster she'd thought up for them, seeing how apprehensive Thalia looked about it made him stop and think for a moment.

"Ah, fine..." He said, turning once more to Heph. "Hey Khal Drogo, hold up a sec. The plans decent, but you might need to change it up a little. Instead, we're probably gonna be looking for a way out, so if you can figure it out, you might wanna alter it to something we can use while on the move."

He then looked back to Thalia, an only [i]slightly[/i] irritated expression on his face from her request.

"So [i]now[/i] you want my help, huh?" He asked, a smugness that could not hope to be matched by mere mortals in his voice. "Well, fine, but it'll cost you later."

He let her pat him for just a couple of moments, before her position was suddenly different, like an abrupt frame cut in a badly animated movie, and she was saying something about finding a way out.

"Ok... Kuuuh... Conan the Barbarian. That was Jason Momoa rig-... Yeah... Yeah that was him! Yeah, alright Conan, you heard Tali right? We'd better get ready. I'll let you know if I see the monster man with my superior night vision so you guys don't have to fumble around in the dark... You know, like idiots..."