[He doesn't seem to notice her, doubling over from the pain he's feeling but not experiencing. His shadow grows larger until it starts moving up off the ground, settling around Tobias' shoulders with its talons digging into his skin.]
[He falls to the ground, pinned under his own shadow - and his body shudders at the nightmare energy seeping into him. His shirt twists and bulges as wings start to grow out of his own back. Finally he makes noise, and it's to scream - a human scream mixed with a hawk's screech. This isn't the painless experience of morphing, this is something starting to twist his flesh in ways unintended by technology.]
cw: body horror
[He falls to the ground, pinned under his own shadow - and his body shudders at the nightmare energy seeping into him. His shirt twists and bulges as wings start to grow out of his own back. Finally he makes noise, and it's to scream - a human scream mixed with a hawk's screech. This isn't the painless experience of morphing, this is something starting to twist his flesh in ways unintended by technology.]