[ She has to ... no, she largely doesn't understand the "were" (go figure), but once he says transforms her face lights up with understanding. She nods twice; she guesses that is indeed an ability. ]

A tiger?

[ She ends up smiling. ]

I'm sure you're very impressive to see.

[ Predators likely are, though she's never seen a tiger in person before. It's something she's more nonchalant about after seeing the transformations that Haku and the bath house workers performed under their own magics. What's more interesting is hearing that he doesn't... need to fully transform? ]

Though um. If it's not too rude to ask... What do you mean about being pretty sturdy in a fight?

[ Does he just take a lot of damage and not... fall down? ]