He might change his tune about that later on, but that's a might.

One of these days he'll be better at hiding his emotions behind a mask or something to that effect, but today is not that day and he's a good tint of red as soon as he's giving him that smile. God, how could he honestly be this stupid and this ridiculous at once? It's a mystery how he survived.

"It just depends on how long that takes, I suppose? I still can't quite wrap my head around the idea of turning into something I'm not, to something very much not human... And yet there's no choice and I will need to deal with it, head on."