and yes i've been changing. for me, not for you
When it turned out that Rance wasn't about to leave, the blonde's eyes visibly widened. "No! I just misunderstood." He offered the man an awkward smile, clearly quite a bit embarrassed judging by the oh so familiar blush reappearing on his cheeks. "I'm down with staying as long as you'd like." Rance's explanation made a whole lot of sense and now Oliver didn't feel as bad. It certainly helped that the man once more reached forward to grasp at his ears. Leaning into the touch, Oliver's closed ever so slightly, his ears moving a bit farther back. "Guess they're pretty interesting, huh?" Part of him wanted to shift into a fox so that he could beg for ear scratches... but eh. That was probably pushing it.
It never really occurred to Oliver that Rance wouldn't know what a hybrid was. Right. That was something that wasn't normal. "Alright so... I came through as an Abandoned, which means you know, I was a magic user... but then I eventually found out that hybrids existed... and it was something I wanted so bad. It felt so right to me..." His voice trailed off ever so slightly, not quite able to find the words to describe the emotions and thought process he had been dealing with in those moments. "So I went out and prayed to Safrin and she came to me. It wasn't an easy process, far from it... but eventually she turned me into this shift.... and to this day she says its her favorite shift." That last comment earns a very visible grin on Oliver's face as he recounts those moments, especially the part about Safrin loving his fox shift.
His eyes finally found Rance's once more now that his tales were done. "And that's how I'm a hybrid... I can now turn into a leopard and a woodpecker. Though, the leopard's ears aren't quite as impressive as these." He flashed the other man a wink and had to hold back some laughter. "Other than that... I'm kinda boring, honestly."
It never really occurred to Oliver that Rance wouldn't know what a hybrid was. Right. That was something that wasn't normal. "Alright so... I came through as an Abandoned, which means you know, I was a magic user... but then I eventually found out that hybrids existed... and it was something I wanted so bad. It felt so right to me..." His voice trailed off ever so slightly, not quite able to find the words to describe the emotions and thought process he had been dealing with in those moments. "So I went out and prayed to Safrin and she came to me. It wasn't an easy process, far from it... but eventually she turned me into this shift.... and to this day she says its her favorite shift." That last comment earns a very visible grin on Oliver's face as he recounts those moments, especially the part about Safrin loving his fox shift.
His eyes finally found Rance's once more now that his tales were done. "And that's how I'm a hybrid... I can now turn into a leopard and a woodpecker. Though, the leopard's ears aren't quite as impressive as these." He flashed the other man a wink and had to hold back some laughter. "Other than that... I'm kinda boring, honestly."
smile for the camera, it's just a shot in the dark
