Well, yes, of course I was! This is just a spell, after all.

But that isn't right. [she ducks her head, troubled] I should be a cat. And I don't think those other men understood me... [not that she gave the soldier much of a chance to try, but still. if they'd heard her speaking, wouldn't they have reacted differently?] Now that is strange.

[by which, of course, she means that part is strange. clearly nothing else is]