I'm not, but there's like, nothing I can do technically. Waiting on others and such. Yknow what we could do, is do supports in the meantime, timeline be damned atm.
"Mhm! It's great to be able to shift whenever you want, er, so long as you have a stone on you. Sometimes, I'll stay shifted for a whole day and not want to change back. There's just something so...calming and nice about it."
"Whew, glad I didn't get chomped on. Thanks for holding him back."
*then she asks her question*
"Hm? Wait, you don't know what Laguz are? I thought there were more of us out there... anyway, uh, us Laguz are animal shapeshifters. We have the ears and tails of the animals we change into, unless...
Oh easy. She teases and messes with him because he's a cat boy, right? So she doesn't really know anything about Laguz. It can be as simple as she starts teasing him, he plays along, teasing continues, and he offers to teach her about them. No need for romance