On the one hand (paw), the principle is sound. If pain cannot be countermanded, then avoidance is just letting oneself be used or limited.

On the other, it's still annoying to V to hear. Their tail twitches, though they don't jump.

"My first change was accidental - I am not yet sure how common forms like this are among the rest of the displaced."

There did seem to be quite a few; V had managed to gather that much.

"I did not transform straight to this shape, either. The other was much more cumbersome to maneuver."

Downsides of being taller and bulkier - all that muscle and no muscle memory, plus pain, equals Not A Fun Time.