Serph nods in agreement; yes, coming to this world had been baffling and unfamiliar. But in the same breath, he had been full of wonder at all that was new and different. And yet...

"These transformations aren't so strange."

Serph leans back against Jack, mirroring the other man's action, while the set of wings closest to the other man unfurl and curl over Jack's shoulders like a downy blanket. There's only a few bones left of his meal and he absentmindedly pushes them around his plate with a rib.

"Have you wondered what it's like to not feel fear? To be without sadness or worry?"