Venom's posture straightened, muscles flexing as his body shifted upward to stand at his full height. Had John not been so tall, the hulking black mass would have easily towered over him. Honestly, if Venom wanted to grow, he could. Not by much more, but he could at least be overwhelming.
Flexing his claws, Venom opened and closed the gaping maw of sharp teeth, tongue lolling out and wiggling thoughtfully.
"Are you suggesting an attempt at penetrating the darkness? I'm afraid you'll find yourself unsuccessful and in a rather large amount of pain. Wouldn't want that for you, precious, no no...you..." Venom said, taking a moment to slurp, "...should not succumb to such things. However the man can do no harm to you."
It was a swift thing, the process of shifting. It was almost as if the darkness were melting away as water would from an overhang. Simply gone as if it had never existed. Where the monster was standing, bits of flesh began to show itself. The process wasn't complete by any means, but the blackness receded to expose Eddie's face, head, neck and part of his shoulders where the clavicle joined the socket for the shoulder itself. The rest was still covered in darkness. He still bore his claws.
Turning his human eyes to the other, Eddie mused for a moment, "It's weird sometimes, the shifting back and forth." His tongue wasn't lolling about, he wasn't slurping in this stage. In fact, in spite of the rest of him being covered he was completely normal where the flesh was exposed.