[Elliot meanwhile sure is panicked. Turning into a lizard was not on his list of things to do today. Not at all]

I-- [He freezes as the realization dawns on him. His scales turn a deeper hue of red. Embarrassment] I-I did, but I wasn't trying to do this, I was...

[Yep, it full dawns on him. He looks very mortified and ashamed, for a lizard]

Oh no...it must've backfired when I got interrupted. I was trying to get horns for you to bump against, and it went...overboard.

[He sighs] How stupid of me.