You chuckle at Dave's words and watch Roy, who's still lost in his own world of science and discovery, a little longer before you turn back to the former again.
"So, he's been like that in the past, huh?"
"Yeah! Well, usually not quite as unresponsive, and more along the lines of highly distracted, but people said he also used to lock himself up in his room with whatever he was researching a few times in the past, so... maybe?"
Dave shrugs and continues, "It's been a while since he had a new research project though, so he's probably excited about doing something other than tinkering with and fixing our gear every day."
"Huh, makes sense - it still feels surreal to me that I just changed him though, especially by accident. Sorry for causing you trouble though, you probably have enough to do even without that."
Dave just grins at you, clearly amused.
"Are you kidding me? This is great! I can't exactly slack off behind the counter, and even if I'm doing something else, I either still need to pay attention, or someone just comes along and gives me something else to do - right now, my job is 'helping with research', so all I have to do is hang around near our nerd here" - he gestures at Roy - "and occasionally go look for someone or fetch something, but the rest of the time I just get to sit around doing nothing. Speaking of, it's time to do that again - help yourself as well!"
He walks over to a pile of folding chairs, pulls one from the shelf, and sits down in it, and you're pretty sure the only reason he doesn't instantly pull out his phone and still looks at you is because he's trying to be polite.
Meanwhile, you look through the various items in storage before you decide to go for a foldable stool instead - it's not like you couldn't fit your tail through the back of the chair, but you don't quite feel like dealing with that issue yet. Too bad they don't have any cushions though, you would've loved to toss one on the ground and sit on it instead - your rear is a bit big for conventional furniture now.
Luckily, you didn't take long enough for your conversation partner to distract himself, so you ask him a question that's been on your mind for a while now: "Say, when I came back here, you seemed surprised by something, but all you said was that Roy'd probably talk about it too, but since he's preoccupied now, I'd like to know - was it just my clothes and jewelry, or did I miss something else?"
"Eh, mostly that, but I think you also got a bit taller too - and your movements definitely have a grace they didn't have before. Makes me wonder where that came from, but the lab mouse definitely would want to know too... Holy shit, I just realized you turned the resident nerd and researcher into a lab mouse, this is great!"
Dave starts laughing heartily, and while you're caught off-guard by that realization, you quickly start to chuckle as well.
Once he's done laughing and wheezing, Dave looks back at you and asks, "Say, what do you think I'd turn into, maybe a Sloth? Would be cool - 'Sorry, I can't work this much, I need my 15 hours of sleep!' - that'd be one hell of an excuse if you ask me."
You think about it, but offer a different opinion: "Nah, I think you'd be a house cat - they just nap all the time, and wherever they please, that sounds about right for you."
Dave shakes his head.
"I don't think so, they also run around like mad in the middle of the night - you'd never catch me doing that."
He pauses and thinks a bit, but apparently he's out of ideas.
"I got nothing right now, but why don't we just see what happens - go ahead, hit me!"
"Are you sure? I don't even know what I did last time, we have no clue could happen this time around!"
"Sure, come on, it's not like we don't have the means to un-fuck ourselves later, no?"
"Okay - maybe stand slightly away from anything we don't want in the splash radius, okay?"
Dave rolls his eyes and gets up again, before walking just far enough so he isn't right next to anything anymore, and looks at you expectantly.
"Okay, here goes nothing - Bang!"