[Alex actually smiles at this and his laughter is genuinely amused, rather than forced.]

Well, I am a wereleopard...

[His tone is clearly jesting, but he hopes Anders can be as lighthearted about it. Then, seeing the Mage turned whale-fish-thing become distressed he shakes his head.]

Only at the odd conventional gathering... this is a fictional character where I'm from. Though... it makes me a bit concerned that they're really out there when I've turned into one. They're from a television show that was pretty popular about fifteen years ago or thereabouts.