Topher's decided to explore the dry areas a bit, and octopus seemed a bit inconvenient for that. So he basically said fuck it, and made himself half-dragon.

It's rather badass, actually. Much like a centaur, but reptilian and winged, the scales fading into regular skin at his waist, where the neck of the dragon would be. His upper half is almost completely human, just with the exception of a few horns sticking backwards out of his hair. Why not go all out, right?

He jumps a little at the shriek, and hurries over to make sure no one's in danger. He soon reaches the startled-looking centaur, but there doesn't seem to be anything threatening around. He's not sure he can pinpoint the problem, and as he approaches she seems to get over it, but he still decides to make sure. "Hey, you okay?"