[he pauses and turns into a kitten. Now he has paws, he presses the combination required to turn this conversation private. He has his own reasons for this that he doesn't elaborate on.]

Definitely not. In my home, humans cannot exist for very long. I can exist in their world but only if I assume forms - otherwise it causes me pain. Here, I can be in my native state, further out in your human city, I find it harder to maintain.