[He blinks. The question comes at a surprise and yet he feels like he should have expected it. Shiro slows his easy strides a little bit to give them time before they reach their destination.]

...it's not the first time I've been equipped with powers that aren't mine. I had no choice but to adapt to them at the time. [It had been that or die. He'd refused to die.]

And I keep getting saddled with shapeshifting. It's weird but I know the limits and where I can push them. That doesn't change much no matter what shape I take.