(Sorry I forgot to reply! Been a bit busy.)<br/>She considered her next words for a moment. The girl - Gem, right? - was giving the other a strange look for the briefest of seconds, but Aiki didn't think much of it. She was slightly more concerned that they might laugh at what a small creature she could shift to. Then she considered how they might view her if they found that she had lied to them for no apparent reason, and decided that honesty would be better. "I.. shift to a lynx," she said tentatively. Was that the best decision? Aiki hoped so. She was probably just worrying too much again.<span style="font-style: italic">Wow, three sentences into a conversation and I'm already starting to have a mental breakdown. That has to be a new personal record. Why am I so nervous?</span>