"You need not apologize! Is there anything you need before your change? Or after, I suppose, but I can't imagine I could provide anything you can't find yourself."

“Nay,” she shook her head at the offer. “Best hide. Or climb on my back and watch in horror. Whichever ye want to do. Just don't climb on my back yet, rite, gotta wait til I'm all scaly.” It would happen soon. She could feel her eyes shifting, changing, becoming the five-pointed star. It didn't -