[He doesn't recognize the body, but oh, he recognizes the voice.]

Dear Roland. [He hisses that name, like a snake ready to strike. But he's too weak to strike, right now.] I know a lot about the Clearing and what might happen there, but becoming a bear was never part of it. Interesting. I'm still regular old me, it looks like. I sure hope I came in with a handsome face; seems like I'll be stuck with the one I've got, for now.

[No magic, no shapeshifting. Sigh.]