Alex could hear in his mind Asphodel's voice "Erm, no worries. I'm a mage not a shapeshifter. Everyone's got an inner animal in the interior of their interior. You just got to work it out. Wizards are better with this, more of which are animagi than mages are." Asphodel hadn't move his mouth. Of course, he was in dog form, he could only speak in people's minds.