Stone looks briefly amused. "Yes, you do. A very calm predator, but the focused way you look at things is very predator-looking. Raksura in groundling form do the same thing. When you live on a world with shapeshifters, you learn to notice things like that." He cuffs Gale affectionately on the side of the head, then says, "Come on, let's get this mess started."

Then he shifts, and offers Gale a hand to be carried in.