"Understandable," Astronema said, back to playing with her locket while she watched him. After a moment of thought, she shrugged a shoulder. "I grew up around monsters far larger and scarier than carnivorous, wet horses. I'm really not worried about my chances if your new instincts took over."

Which is, you know, a big reason people aren't usually concerned on her behalf, specifically. She usually is the big scary thing in the room, no matter how unfortunately human her genetic code may be.

"But I'll control you if it happens, so you don't have to worry about taking anyone else out. Does that help? I don't promise not to see if you can do any amusing dances in that shape, though."

Gotta get something out of it, right? Behaving just isn't her forte.