"Good, because I'm not changing," he grinned. Theodore was good at the art of deception, and had missed it, really.
The numbing feeling had subsided a little bit as the spell slowly continued to work its magic to heal the broken bones, so Theodore could feel the familiar prick of pain.
"Well, I wouldn't want to disappoint you," he said calmly, tilting his head slightly to the side to reveal his neck briefly, before tilting it back again. "You can hear my heartbeat, can't you, it's probably so loud as if you were pressed right up against me."