[ Another not-quite-laugh. Unking is the multiversal MO. ]

I imagine it suited their aims. [ splaying his hands, as if that's a normal logic jump for a person to make. Maybe it is, given the nefarious circumstances of their capture and release. ] You might not be of use, if you were struggling with further changes to your person.

[ of use as a weapon, as the prevailing theory goes. ]