I think he more wanted to impress the scores of human aristocrats who came to gawk at the monster. [ She makes a slightly pinched face at the topic. ] Forced me to learn the violin and cello as well, which was enough to make me hate music until I made a dear friend who loves it.

With cooking, you must remember that I only have a handful of months to learn it. Language can be learned in that time, but not great cuisine. Sadly. My initial waking period was something like fifty years, so that's where the specialized skills came from.

[ His lecture voice is actually adorable, so. She's fine with it. From someone she considered beneath her (a term she hates, but sadly it's true) she might not appreciate it, but from him it's fine. This is something he knows and she doesn't. ]

Definitely bestial, then. I have a ton of shift forms, like changing sex for example. In a fight, the only things that are even a match for me are magical in such a way that I can't physically counter them or recover from the damage. And of course, they have to catch me first. So a lightning array won't do much for very long, but psychic abilities sure can. Or something that grabs my shadow so I can't move, for example. Don't spread it around.

And needless to say, if you take advantage of this knowledge I'll make you pay for it. [ She smiles sweetly. ]

I'm dearly hoping you didn't just compare me to a mortal.