[ Pell lets his hand drop once it's clear she's alright, and when he realizes what she saw he looks pained all over again but this time apologetically. That's not... a pleasant memory. At least it sounds like it cut off in a bad spot and didn't show her what came after, he might have died of embarrassment on the spot. For the most part, he doesn't feel that way often anymore, but Julie is practically his sister. ]

Althaia -- the changing. The blood of my kind redesigns the body quite a bit and birth is never pleasant, I suppose.

[ He tries to think of it as rebirth rather than a series of agonizing mutations, because he doesn't regret it. But Julie's right, it was horrible. And he remembers that glimpse in the mirror... Pell shakes his head as if to ward it off, considering Julie again. What he saw. Maybe she doesn't want to know? ]