An abrupt start

He hadn't quite known what to expect, when Kai-Kai told him they were leaving to go on an adventure. He promised to be on his best behaviour, bewildered at the way everything about her seemed lighter, and followed her as she packed a number of things into her magical pack and then offered the side pouch for him to stuff full with his own effects. Once he had done so, she sat him down and went over what she had.

"I'm not as awesome as you are, so I have to work around it. But… This is for you."

"A necklace?"

"It's an Amulet of Mighty Fists. It'll help you hit harder, and let you hit ghosts. Squarejewel has one too. Consider it the first magical item of your hoard. These? They're goggles that let me see in the dark like you can." The goggles were settled over her eyes, and she scrubbed at her nose. "This rock? It's an ioun stone of the torch variety, so it sheds light. Makes reading easier. This here's a traveler's any-tool - you can use it to make anything simple - we got here an instant doorknocker that makes a door for a little bit a day, and this one here… It's a bottle of air. Even underwater, it's got air in it. You could be ejected out into space beyond the stars, and this'd still have air in it."

"Why… Are you telling me all this?"

"'Cause I want you to know what I've got, in case you need it to save anyone. For example, this cloak? It helps me hide better. These sleeves? They change my clothes. This hair tie? It's a hat of disguise, and it'll make you look like a different type of dragon, I think. Makes me look like different humanoids, after all, and it'll make itself look like anything you want so long as it's small like a hair accessory. For your horns, I'd recommend a ribbon. That way it'll stay on, since you don't have hair. This one, I'll let you borrow every now and then, because you'll need it more than I will." She tapped the hair tie that kept the majority of her hair back.

"Where'd you get all of these?" Viletongue idly prodded the offered hat, baffled and trying to wrap his brain around so much rapid change.

"Same place I found you, Starshine. Same place I got this ring. It lets me get by without eating, and survive on two hours've sleep."

"So… From my mother's hoard?"

"Yeah. I was gunna give you most've this stuff later, as you got bigger, but looks like we'll need to use most've it in the meantime." Keda-Kai shoo'd him out of the house, turning back and giving it a fond once-over before locking the door and turning back to him. "Alright. You might've noticed that Squarejewel's not with us. I'm going to summon him once we get there, considering I'm not strong enough to pull all three've us through. Are you ready?"

"I- I guess? Yes? How-?"

She murmured the words to the spell and rubbed along his nose, and all of a sudden he was falling… Falling…

… And just like that, he was standing on solid ground, reeling, staggering aside and fighting to keep his lunch down. A hand caught him, and supported him as best her slender frame could, and he felt extra appendages against him.

"Easy, easy, first time's always the worst, I know. That's the spell called 'teleport'. I got two've those a day, at best."
"What's touching me?"

Keda-Kai laughed easily, before snagging one of his claws and running it along her back, where he followed the invisible shape of a wing.

"What-?"

"Few nights ago, I finally figured out how to divert some of the strength I infuse into Squarejewel to myself. They're not the strongest, but it'll keep me from falling to my death. I kept meaning to tell you, but got so busy that I didn't have time, and then this happened. Don't worry, I'm still fragile me."

"You can -fly-? Will… Will you show me? Later?"

"'Course, Starshine. Now, lemme pull our walking crystal block out've the ether and then let's get looking for a dwarf."