Well, we do tend t'have a go-to shift, yeah. Normally it ain't too hard t'shift it's learnin' t'act like th' animal that's tricky. Like learnin' t'fly.
[He shrugs.] I could change it up an' I sometimes do but I prefer my go-to shift 9 times out of 10.
[Call it paranoia but he won't tell her that since coming to Marina it limits him. He can shift into anything but he's limited to how long depending on how familiar he is with the form. Dog, his go-to, is easiest, followed by the horse. But he's been practicing where he can.]