"It looks like you had a little bit of a growth spurt," Ty said with a giggle. Then he watched some more.
Elias stopped growing upward, but he gained a little bit more mass. Next his skin started to turn leathery and black. Shortly after that, black fur sprouted from his body, and covered up his body except for his hands, feet and face. Then he found his feet turning into rear hands and he fell onto his front hands.
"Dustin, meet gorilla Elias," Ty stated. In front of them stood an almost 8 foot gorilla named Elias.