Well, there have been one or two events like that on my world. Does that sort of thing happen often on yours, or was it a one time thing?

...no. It's not normal here. I take it it's not normal for your kind, either?

[He still hasn't noticed his own change; he's now a few inches shorter, but still over six and a half feet, and the bronze sheen of his scales is just a tad lighter. He's also slightly leaner.]