[Training] Beneath a Blue Umbrella Sky

Since I went into the Spire, he confirmed quietly. Which hadn't been all that long ago, though time could feel strange on Caido at times. I... haven't really used it since. He exhaled a puff of warm breath through his slender nostrils and hesitantly lowered his head, stretching his long neck out so he could rest his chin on the ground. Hardly a noble pose, but also a far less threatening one as he blinked a large blue-opal eye at the approaching alchemist.

The question stirred a faint huff from him, painful amusement pulsing through the bond as he considered the question. ...Afraid, he finally said, his mental voice barely above a whisper through the bond. And... unclean. I discovered this form when I tried to save the portal's original guardian in the Spire basement, from Wessex's attack. It was... not enough. I defeated the thing she had summoned but it was too late and... I was so angry, Remi. That she had attacked me. That she had killed the serpent. But... the Voice appeared and bound me in the blink of an eye. A strength greater than I had ever imagined, and she wrapped her power around me like I was a rabbit in a trap. He closed his eyes, a rumbling sigh flattening the grass for several feet in front of him.

I want to learn how not to be afraid of this form. To be able to use it without feeling her power wrapped around my scales. I had hoped that... well. That you might have some suggestions for me, he finished hopefully, opening an eye to look up at the alchemist, feathered tail sliding sinuosly across the grass behind him.