He nods, clutching his stomach, pained whines escaping him. He's not sure that'll do anything, if it even can do anything, but a plan, any plan, does help.

You still know yourself.

"O-okay..."

That's right, he does, he knows his name! And he knows these movies, he knows that they just turn into mindless monsters, and he doesn't think he's mindless...yet. He's still got that. He's gotta hold onto it. He's not a monster--

--there's another cry of pain but this time it's a snarl as his face completes the change, lengthening and changing shape fully into a wolf's snout.

And suddenly it all feels better.

Huh.

Weird.

The aches are still there but it's not active anymore, and he glances up at his new companion, his golden eyes bright and now filled with curiosity instead of pain.

"Whoa...it's all gone."