Serph tilts his head. So... the bot's (M-Bot is its name, is it?) partner isn't normally a cat? He's... not sure if whatever has happened to this stranger works the same way as his own transformation. Strange that someone he has never met would ask him that, but it isn't like he takes particular care to hide it. Just the devouring.

Pain? At first, yeah. It was like all his cells were exploding at once.

He says in a calm voice, "When you accept pain, it gets easier."

Fear of pain makes pain hurt more. A transformation is simply a change in shape, but one is still themselves.