Duel sat cross-legged on the ground, facing her youngest son. Jamie was grinning. He was going to learn how to transform willingly now, so that he wouldn't randomly sprout fur and a tail. The more difficult skills, like using the animal's senses and transferring them to human form, wouldn't come until much, much later. "Are you ready Jamie?"

It’s the Monday Mad Scientist break down this time dealing with shape-shifting. A.)     You can change into anything with a similar mass.   Now, similar is open to interpretation, in this... vain, but hey, you could look like a famous person and never wait in line again.   B is pretty powerful in the right hands, but there’s a lot of chemistry and metallurgy to remember. Matt