Steph might have been wrong about that I've seen grosser. She's seen more awful things, of course, corpses in varying states of decay, after having been put through varying sorts of violence. Still, the morphing is high up there on the list of unpleasant things, mostly because it looks painful, and she can't help wincing sympathetically as she watches.

Once Collette is fully human, Steph registers that she's only wearing a leotard and automatically starts unlatching her cape from around her shoulders.

"I think I'll take your word for it next time, on the whole 'gross' thing," Steph steps closer and sits down opposite Collette, holding out the cape for her, if she wants to put it around her own shoulders to keep off the rain. The way Collette moved her leg, the way she's holding herself, hasn't escaped Steph's notice, so she's putting herself at the same level to save Collette having to look up.

And she smiles for the comment about her ears, "You might be the only one, apparently they aren't bat-like enough for some people."