As Mobius speaks, Wysteria nods along in emphatic agreement.

"And while in dog or snake or dove form, you may collect all sorts of information which you can then feed along to us that we can use to our utmost advance while in, ah, ordinary people form.

"Mister Mado—perhaps it would be best for you to arrive as yourself first and I will stay behind as if delayed on some errand and you can sneak out of the household in bird form, meet me, and then alter your shape into that of a dog. Then the both of us can join Misters Loki and Mobius, myself as the former's assistant and you as his beloved animal companion whose care I was temporarily charged with. That way the household has no reason to suspect the wandering of a spare animal about, or why the other dogs might dislike you."

Look at them, being so clever and sneaky.