"It's not quite...well, I guess it's kind of a transformation."

He frowned for a moment, trying to think of the best way to explain Ankh, without having to delve into 800 years of history.

"Well, he's not human, or he wasn't, before. He was a kind of creature called a Greeed--I guess kind of like how Tailmon is different too. His original form had wings, but just before we came here, something happened, and now he's human. Except with wings, if that makes sense."