Didn't look that way to him. Looked like she was gonna smooth out his fluff.
"Half cat." And right before her eyes his snout extends, body mass increases somewhat as he morphs from half man, half lion, to full lion.
"Sometimes all cat." He sits up and sits on his haunches.
"Arguably more lion than kid." He could argue that all day. But he morphs back just as easily and scratches his cheek with his front paw- which is now more hand like.