It's only me, Remi, came the reassuring voice through the Attuned bond as the dragon shook its horned head and then turned opal eyes on the crouching alchemist. I'm trying to get used to this and I... well, I was hoping to have your advice. And your help,he added, even his mental voice more subdued as he ducked his head and then stretched his forelegs out to lie in the grass beside the puddle, neck curving back like a swan's at rest as he studied the be-winged attuned-mage, noting the signs of tension and readiness for combat in the young man's stance and appearance.
He certainly couldn't blame Remi for his reaction. He had tried to find a better way to word his note, but 'I can turn into a dragon now, please help' hadn't seemed quite right, and Jigano hadn't been ready to put it down on ink and parchment yet. Once he did that it would be real in a way he was still coming to terms with, irrational as he knew it was. He couldn't change what had already happened, but he could try to make the acceptance of them a little easier. Remi, he hoped, would understand, and might have some advice for helping him to adjust.
And the alchemist could hold his own if anything went wrong. Jigano remembered the red rage he had felt at the guardian serpent's death in the Spire, and he still didn't know how much of that had been him, and how much had been the rage of his new shift.
He certainly couldn't blame Remi for his reaction. He had tried to find a better way to word his note, but 'I can turn into a dragon now, please help' hadn't seemed quite right, and Jigano hadn't been ready to put it down on ink and parchment yet. Once he did that it would be real in a way he was still coming to terms with, irrational as he knew it was. He couldn't change what had already happened, but he could try to make the acceptance of them a little easier. Remi, he hoped, would understand, and might have some advice for helping him to adjust.
And the alchemist could hold his own if anything went wrong. Jigano remembered the red rage he had felt at the guardian serpent's death in the Spire, and he still didn't know how much of that had been him, and how much had been the rage of his new shift.
