"Um… no offence but… if you have no body of your own… why are you qualified to make one for me? I mean… I… sorry that was probably really rude…" Lily trailed off embarrassed she'd even asked such a question.
Nobody let out a long suffering sigh that didn't fit well with Nira's default behaviour and looked rather strange on her face. "Look, the lack of a body is mostly my own fault. I wanted to build a shapeshifting body that anyone could use instead of relying on inborn talent like myself. I also tested it on myself, thinking I could change back to my default form in case it failed. It failed. Spectacularly and I don't want to risk screwing things up further with another body. I'm lucky I managed to survive at all. Still, I have more experience with experimental procedures than anyone else. I learnt my lesson with my first major screw up and haven't had another in over a millennium"
