"It's a long, long, long story and it's mostly due to Gaia Herself, as I understand it. Like a really long time has passed."

Shooting a quick glance around to make sure no one was looking, Glass shifted. Where before a short human male had stood, now a Gila monster faced way, way up at the dino-guy.

"See, this is my breed form," said the Gila monster, sounding exactly like Glass for whatever reason. (The reason was, in fact, that his talking was a Gift.)