One hand automatically went up to his neck, fingers brushing against fur, the feeling unnatural. Yes, he was definitely changing into something. And what should he say about that? He couldn't stop it. He tried.

"... Yeah. It started a few days ago. Comes and goes." There was no need to balk. He faced his brother directly. If he could be slowly turning into some indeterminable creature, then how did his brother being here make any less sense?

"I want to learn more about it. See if I can't find out what's behind it all, but I figured I'd need a place to hide out, since..." He gestured to his ears. Any regular human was going to have something to say about those. It would make asking questions a lot more difficult.