I don't move my eyes off his, but I take in what I remember, what I can feel, of the space around me. It's a fairly big place. Probably has all kinds of security built in.

If I transformed, I could probably deal with it. Or most of it. And get away, one way or another.

...or I could get killed.

Maybe I'll just see where he's going with this. "All right," I say softly, producing it. I hold it out to him.