Mikey watched Nate hop off the table with a wince. Nowhere in his plan had there been a bullet marked 'make accidental phoenix-man' or an accompanying 'what to do if, accidentally, a phoenix-man is made'.
He narrowed his eyes and took a tiny step to the right, as if by looking at Nate from a different angle everything would somehow become less - problematic. It didn't.
"It's nothing to panic about," he started slowly. "But it looks like there hasn't been a full transformation back." How to break the news that he had managed to make Nate part-bird? "Or there has, but there's a few extra pieces."
He illustrated which exact ones by raising his hands and waving them out to the side somewhat half-heartedly.