Daniel wanted a drink. He also wanted the Beast to shut up. He didn't think he was going to get what he wanted. At least the animal and himself could agree: they wanted to get to Ella/Beauty, and they wanted to do it immediately. "The Beast thinks that if I change into him we'd all be better off," he said, reluctantly. "I can babble on in German but they're not going to believe I've picked up two words of Russian in two years. They're going to want to know where the rest of my clothes are. Three foreign men our age hanging around the palace and acting suspicious. They're going to think we're spies and shoot us in the goddamn basement."