Nova sighed in mock-defeat as he walked into the machine, the door closing behind him as that now-familiar bright light appeared from within the chamber, which quickly faded as the chamber opened to reveal a 50-foot-long pitch-black serpent with gold eyes coiled up on the floor of the chamber.  Nova raised his head and clumsily slithered out of the machine and looked at Zaana nervously to see her reaction to his new all-snake form.