...Okay, well, that's a relief. If there's anything I can do, though, please let me know. I won't pretend to be able to meaningfully tackle more mystical problems, but I like to think I'm quick enough at understanding concepts that I could be a sounding board.

[Fascinating stuff, though, all this discussion of transformation and phoenixes and magic. It was a relief that Joshua would not necessarily be stuck in the form, but...]

Did you successfully change back before or after the nullification came into effect? Maybe I'm stressing out over nothing, but if I asked you to do something and it got you stuck as a bird – no offense meant by calling the Phoenix a bird, for the record – I'd feel pretty bad.