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Ian watched as Amaya forced herself to smile, then patted his arm. "I'm doing alright. I've figured out that I'm vegetarian, and I have horns and fur. That narrows my creature possibilities to the ruminantid family, though only two or three of the ruminantid sub-orders have horns. The bovidae and the cervidae are the two I am familiar with and I believe I mentioned them to you?" Ian smiled reassuringly at Amaya. "It's alright, at least the creature I'm turning into is lots better that others." He nodded at her scales "Are you cool with reptiles?"

How was he being so calm through all of this...somehow this wasn't him, and yet it was. It was a him that he had lsot many years before.

Ian grimaced "I'm sorry, I never liked being cold either. Are your sweatshirts warm enough?" HE tried to scratch a point on his arm that was itchy, but then realized that with his hardened fingernail covering his entire fingertips he couldn't. Giving a low noise in his throat he scraped his arm against the edge of the able trying to relieve it. Ah, that was better. "I'm going to go grab some greens," he said quickly heading to the counter and grabbing a salad and water. HE returned with what he normally referred to as "rabbit food" and began to munch on a slice of lettuce grinning good naturedly.

Ian choked on his lettuce, a revelation coming to him. "Predators," he said, wary fear entering his green eyes. "Ambrose is a predator, and there may be others....it's not safe." His eyes darted around as if watching for the aforementioned predator. "You don't think they'd try to eat me do you?"

Ian flushed a pale pink. Of course they wouldn't attack him. He started another piece of lettuce, eyes still darting around occassionally. "I'm glad there's someone on my side," he said between chewing. "I had never thought I'd ever be prey before, I suppose this island is a great way to discover how animals truly feel." He smiled wryly. "Being human one never thinks about or has to really worry about other animals eating you. Do you know what type of reptile you are?" he asked curious, but hoping he woouldn't distress Amaya with his question.

Ian followed her gaze down to her feet, and suppresed a shudder. Those long toes were rather creepy. "I didn't know any lizards had claws." he said. "I know mammals better than reptiles. He finished his salad and washed it down with water, taking care of his single plate. "And I thought lizards ate bugs, like frogs. Do they eat other stuff too?" he had asked this because Amaya had been eating an apple.

Ian nodded thoughtfully. "Okay." he didn't know so he took Amaya's words at face value. "Fruits and greens are healthy. I should know. I have to eat them now." Ian had an odd expression on his face. "I always fancied myself a meat and potatoes guy. Guess there's no more meat for me." He was disappointed, but even thinking about eating meat made his stomach churn uneasily. "Not that I want to eat meat anymore," he added.

Ian laughed, his first laugh since changing. "Guess this island changes us all. Icould get used to eating salads, but on the way here," his voice dropped to whisper and Ian looked horrified. "Coming here, I wanted to eat the grass outside the duplex."