"Uh..." The hesitation already gave him away, so there was no point in lying. "After. But only because you're pretty weeny as a dinosaur and pretty big as uh, as you... Does it matter?" He dropped down onto the bed and flopped back, closing his eyes and holding his head. "You turned into a freakin' animal."

Maybe that was what happened when you reached a certain age? You literally turn into a dinosaur?

"Don't do that again. I had a stroke, Asher."