Lara ignored the barbed comment but she did release her tight grip on his arm, sliding her hand down to take his instead. She took a breath and tugged on the last vestige of their connection pulling on the half siren side of him to draw it out.

It came slowly at first, a few scales drifting onto the back of his hand, but then the pace increased and they began to flow up his arm. It looked like he wasn't going to be a full shift - his half human side wouldn't let him - but his eyes drifted into the regular reptilian look.

When he was as transformed as he was going to be, she pulled away completely. She waved a clawed hand at the shiny metal surface of the bar. "Look at yourself."