[Hypnos looks down at his scroll, as if he might have the answer helpfully scrawled in the margins, then back at the champion. No go, and without a list to keep him organized, he quickly loses focus on the actual question at hand.]

Well, that's an interesting question. Other gods sometimes turn into animals. I've never tried it, but I bet I could too! Or it's possible I've always been a snake, and I just dreamed about being a god. Wow, wouldn't that be a twist?

[He nods to himself, warming up to the idea. He'd make a wonderful snake, he's sure. Sleeping through the winter, never having to worry with legs. Quite the ideal existence!]

Have you, uh, always been feathery? Sometimes the poets leave off details like that in their epic tales.