Well, that was pretty clear — Ford instinctively pulled his wand hand away to avoid being touched by the lion's claws, but it clearly hasn't been trying to hurt him.
"Okay, gotcha. And we can get you back to normal, but you probably don't want me doing it," he explained, scooting away from the lion to sit up. (He probably ought to stop thinking of it as the lion now that he knew it was a person, but Ford wasn't sure whether this was a man or a woman, and now that he knew it wasn't only an animal he certainly wasn't going to be caught checking).
"If you follow me back to the Ministry, we've got people for this," he continued. "They'll make sure to get you sorted with no stray tails or teeth or anything."
"Okay, gotcha. And we can get you back to normal, but you probably don't want me doing it," he explained, scooting away from the lion to sit up. (He probably ought to stop thinking of it as the lion now that he knew it was a person, but Ford wasn't sure whether this was a man or a woman, and now that he knew it wasn't only an animal he certainly wasn't going to be caught checking).
"If you follow me back to the Ministry, we've got people for this," he continued. "They'll make sure to get you sorted with no stray tails or teeth or anything."
Set by Lady!