[Center][@Zool][@Zapdos][/center]

Old Gilligan grumbled to himself as he grabbed the things MacKensie needed to patch up Adam.  But he did so a little more quietly than usual.  And a little more softly.  He also handed her a potent healing salve to apply before the bandages.  Then he went to the fireplace to sit down, adjusting his chair to make sure his back would be completely to his unwanted guests.

After getting a fire going, he sat back, ignoring the chatter from the youngsters.

"Don't even think about asking to stay the night because it's not happening," he told them randomly.  "When you're hale enough to walk your skinny little behinds back down my mountain, you can scram."

He would however, explain anything Adam asked about the transformation, including that it would cost him a lot of energy to activate it until he gained more experience and passed further trials.  Once a day would likely max him out until then, and he wouldn't be able to hold his shape-shifted form for very long.  He also warned that the first couple of times he did it, he would struggle to think rationally and logically, and be himself mentally. But with practice, he would soon learn how to keep his mind human, and at higher levels, he would even learn how to speak common tongue.

And last but not least... "That was no easy task for a new Druid.  Well done."