"Finding out that my blood was human normal was the first thing I found out," Tachibana pointed out with a faint shrug. "Asked to see the test results from the physical they give you before they let you on planet. Didn't hear a damned word they said afterwards," he finished with a faint huff. "Didn't even try shifting forms after that."

There was a small hesitation. "... Until you showed up, I'd almost wondered if somehow I'd just hallucinated the whole thing somehow."