"So your another student with a biological gift? that's cool. I also have a gift based around biology, I can manipulate my biological material to allow myself to shape-shift as well, like this" he said and held up his arm for her to see. His skin was normal at first but a couple seconds later it morphed in appearance. his skin became scaly like the skin of a reptile and then rows spikes made of bone grew out of his forearm. Finally his fingernails grew into extremely sharp and large claws that were fit for a terrible monster.
"I can also mess around with the biology of animals to mutate them. to tell you the truth, I don't need to actually eat food, i can just absorbed the biological material of animals to nourish myself, but human food does have the pleasure of tasting what you eat, so I still eat like a regular human" he explained to Samantha.