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[ yeah sorry about that, she had A Time ]

[ once she's caught her breath - ]

Back. On your back.

....piggy back ride, right. [Why does he have feelings about that?]

[UGH.]

[Kneeling down for her to get on his back.]

[ Cocks her head, just staring at him rather than climbing aboard. ]

... Dusk?

Yeah?

Come on, get on.

Edited 2019-12-08 12:18 (UTC)

You're uncomfy too.

I'm worried and that takes precedent over literally everything else I might feel.

[ This! Does not seem great! Instead of coming closer at all, she takes a step back, frowning. ]

I'm a magic dragon. [ Half to herself, and she repeats it more firmly. Dragon, she's a dragon, she made herself look human and she can go back to the way she's supposed to be-! ]

[ ... Her form begins to shimmer and blur ]

[Oh my god-]

Meridian, is it even safe for you to be testing out magic now?!

[ IT'S FINE ]

[ SHE'S GOT THIS ]

[ she's got this ]

[ and soon enough, in place of a young woman is a dragon! ... the size of a small rat, who half waddles and half flaps over to him, squeaking ]

So much better!

[IS THIS BETTER.]

You do realize you have to be in arms now.

On your head, on your shoulder, in a pocket.

[ She feels better like this, more comfortable in her own skin ]

Not your arms.

You're not stable enough to have a reliable grip, this would have been so much easier with you bigger-

[Nope, he's done, picking her up to put her in his pocket, but also still supporting her with his hands and he is going to go-]

[ Paps at him with a tiny paw, grumbling low. ]

Stop.

[ She keeps herself up by the rim of his pocket with her head peeping out, not using his support. ]

[Really, it's hands under the pocket and keeping her close as he moves and he's not even talking anymore as he just rushes to the medical cart.]

[No more talking, just focused on a goal.]

[Which is healing the newbie who got hurt ALONE and he couldn't HELP-]

[ If he's actually trapping her in there she'll shrink further still and wiggle out with a hiss, so, maybe don't do that! If not though, she'll keep her perch on the edge. ]

[It's more like a platform of hands because he doesn't want to put a bunch of pressure on her. Trying to keep her close enough to not jostle her in loose fabric because you know]

[Injured.]

[And he has practice at the right pressure, thanks Sunset.]

[ don't make her bite you, dusk!! ]

[ as long as she can keep her head over the edge and climb up and over easily if she so chooses, she'll tolerate it for now. for now. ]

[He tried to compromise and then you wouldn't go with it!!! He can only do so much when he's internally hating himself and outwardly worried out of his mind.]

[Into the medical car and to the poooods.]

[ They tried. ]

[ THEY BOTH TRIED. ]

[ Wiggles out of his pocket and flutters down to the floor, somewhere along the way Growing until she's once again the size of a Very Large Dog. Goes to sniff at the pods, unsure ]

[ unsuuuuure ]

It works. It helped after we all had to have major surgery once. Do you have the sparks or should I pay?

[ She's! So! Unsure! ]

Small ... [ A small, enclosed space, that she'll be closed up inside. Her ears go back, her brows furrowed. ]

....you could go small again?

And I'm going to be here.

[ She doesn't know how to explain how much neither of those help her feel better about this. She just. She does not want to go in there. Does not want a door closed on her. Nope! No thank you! ]

[ Edges further inside, her butt and tail still sticking out as she sniffs it from top to bottom. ]

I don't like it.

....

[He breathes deep. Lets it out.]

Its the quickest way to deal with the wounds. You'll be asleep for it too.

[ Her ears flatten further, her tail giving a bit of a lash. ]

[ Rather than dignify that with any kind of an answer, she backs out and sits in front of the pod, thinking her way through it for herself. ]