In any case, he shook his head and explained to me:
“No, it doesn’t hurt. It’s uncomfortable when it happens, and supposedly the more often you practice it, the higher the levels of the hormones that allow the change remain; and it makes the process easier and faster each time. But it isn’t painful, it just feels… strange. You know something isn’t right, as if you suddenly didn’t recognize your own body: you have parts that weren’t there before. The tail and the muzzle are the hardest to accept. The first times, it’s hard to reconcile the form you see in the mirror with the one you know belongs to you, and to adapt. It’s also not easy to learn to control it; two things can happen: either it triggers unexpectedly in moments of great anxiety and adrenaline, or you block completely in such a
