Having no memories for context does muck with the senses a bit. [ It could muck with them all the way, but Queens have a built in mechanism for that. He'll see once she gets temporarily reset. Her hatchling self does not give a fuck about much. ]

[ If he needs to shift to cook, she shifts along with him seamlessly. And she keeps working her fingers through his hair. ]

You never said anything, by the way. About the bite. [ What she said before he spilled his guts. ] Or a hypothetical one, I guess.