[ Wow, Mort! Don't bonk poor Thanatos in the head, the god is already going through so much!

Maybe that's the reason why Alice is starting to reach out, trying to grab Mort. Not too intensely or tightly, but just enough to be able to hold him in place and not let him bonk Thanatos..

Though if she misses, she will just let the dragon mouse bean keep flying around. ]

So then it must have been the candy.

[ Maybe it's too quick of a conclusion, but Alice is very, very familiar with food and drinks that change your appearance.. ]

I doubt this is some sort of natural evolution when he has been with you as a mouse for so long, after all.