[Whoops. She's well aware that Cain was following Merry around this weekend, and also that Merry was apparently cursed to be rather unlike herself, but she'd assumed that he would've gotten it all straightened out with her by now. ...Oops. Time for some fast thinking.]

Well, he often is, I know. I've seen him turned into one several times now, really--so many that I've rather lost count, come to think of it. It's a rather common curse, being turned into one animal or another.