It's a good-- [The transformation catches him midsentence, and he finds himself standing next to his abandoned chair and coffee cup. He looks down, smiles lopsidedly, and picks up the cup, downing another gulp before it has the chance to get any colder.]

... It's a good first step in a fight, at least. After that you may have to start hitting your enemy.

I'm not sure what determines it. It can't just be me, or I'd have been things that are... more alike. Perhaps it's based on the connection between us.

[He lifts a hand to his blind eye, fingers brushing skin that feels the same as always, but that, he knows, is now streaked with red as well as with the dark green vines of his youkai marking.]

Which character is it, by the way? I couldn't get a good look.