"Well if it's all the same I'd rather avoid him like the plague," Dale said with a laugh before growing more serious. "I have no desire to hurt anybody. Ever."
Dale thought about it. Ben had always been there for him but he didn't want him anywhere close when he turned. He wasn't all that sure that he wanted him there afterwards; he loved his friend but he didn't want Ben to see him hurt and worry unduly. Not then there was nothing he could do to change what was happening to him.
"So you just find out when you change?" he suggested, smiling. "That kind of makes sense. It'll be interesting to see considering how social I am in human form."