"Do you know how a mortgage works?" Siris asked, sitting beside Viris while she signed a rental contract. The two of them and Charlie were in an apartment for sale. Viris thought it would look like the Cheshire's room, but there were a lot fewer gadgets in here. The latest thing in there was the bucket of ice that acted as the refrigerator. She looked around the place wary, not liking the interiors. Siris looked around with chagrin, disappointed at how cheap it all looked. "Charlie, I thought we were 'closer' than this…"

"Best I can do in a short time," Charlie said, seeming to be as disappointed.

"What about the 'other' method of payment?" Siris asked.

"My boss will fire me. I'm sorry, but you two have the money to bid for the new flats they are building, this is the only opening."

"Sorry for dragging you both out here," Viris. She started to cry, wiping the tears out of her eyes with her sleeves. "I had no idea…"

"Aww, it's okay sweetie," Siris said, pulling her into a hug. "Getting your first space is a trial for everyone. I'm sure I'll find another use for this businesswoman wear."

"Don't blame yourself, blame the market," Charlie said, giving Viris a reassuring pat. "Ever since Columnar started developing, everyone has been rushing to meet the standards over the desert. Where did you live before?"

"In Zipangu," Viris said, wiping another tear. "I always lived with my parents, so when they left it was the simple matter of looking after the house…I had a picture of them, just hanging over the door…"

"We must have loved them very much," Siris said. "Do you still need a tissue?" Viris shook her head, sitting back on her own chair. "I guess I'm still a bumbling idiot in a cat's house then."

"At least it's the weekend," Charlie said, taking off his reading glasses. "What do a succubus and a human do on the weekend anyways? If it's lewd, can I get in on it?~"

"Afraid not," Siris said. "I'm going back home, and I'm taking this clueless soul with me! Let's fuse Viris."

"Okay…" Viris held hands with Siris, her heart skipping a beat when Siris' fingers clasped around her hands. "I-Is there another way we can fuse?"

"Nope~" With that declaration their bodies began to glow, floating in the air and spinning around until yellow and purple fused into a pink form. The blob popped, showing the pink-haired, cheerful Kiris of new. Charlie watched the entire thing, a drop of blood falling out of his nose as he watched Kiris' breasts bounce upon landing. "Hi Charlie!"

"So this is the new Kiris…" Charlie said, using his clipboard to cover his hardening dick. "You look new."

"One, you should rip up that contract," Kiris said. She pushed his hands away from his lap, sitting herself right on top of the bulge in his trousers. "And two, I'm going to rip your pants open~"

"Which Kiris am I talking to right now?~" Charlie asked, being yanked into a nose kiss as she pulled on his tie.

"Let's just say we should get something inside me before Viris figures out how to take control~" With that they rushed into a kiss, moving themselves to the apartment bedroom room for a more 'private' embrace.

"I can't believe I let him ravage me like that," Kiris said to herself, walking up the eerie path to Di's castle. She could still feel cum drip out of her pussy, staining her panties further. "At least it was enjoyable. I'm not going to catch anything, right? Of course not!...maybe…."

She opened the door, making a beeline for her room. Fallen ran into Kiris in the hallway, stopping her stride as she saw a pink-haired girl walk by.

"Hi Fallen!" Kiris said in a cheerful and unusually wholesome way. Fallen backtracked, placing herself in front of the succubus to get a further inspection of her.

"Oh right, I never told you. A one, and a two, and a-"

POP!

Kiris quickly flashed pink before splitting into purple and yellow, the glow cooling down to review Siris and Viris. Viris lost her footing as she landed, slipping on the marble and falling on her shoulder. "Yeeouch!"

"Kiris, I didn't know that was you," Fallen said, noticing the more demonic eyes Siris now dawned. She turned to Viris, now only confused about her. "Who is she?"

"That is my past self slash alter ego, Viris! Isn't she just so fuckable?~"

"Past self…" Fallen kneeled beside Viris, looking at her fair, untainted skin. "Is this a human woman?"

"As pure and as naive they come!" Siris said, slapping Viris on the ass. "This baby can ride your strap-on for miles!~"

"H-hey!" Viris cried, blushing as she Siris' tail get a turn, whipping her square on her cheeks. "Ahi!"

"Human…" The gears in Fallen's head started turning. It isn't like she hadn't been able to play with a human before, but it wasn't every day that a Villagewoman literally fell before you. "Do you mind if I watch her?" She asked, a small string of drool starting to pool at the corner of her mouth.

"Not at all, I have some squishy matters to attend to anyways~" Siris, rubbing her panties, feeling the cum squelch against her nethers. "Oh yes~ Just remember to feed her, and make sure she doesn't hurt herself."

"She won't be doing any hurting," Fallen promised, waiting until Siris was out of earshot to turn to Viris. She leered over her, her body casting a shadow over her. "You hear that? You won't be the one doing the hurting."

"W-what are you going to do to me?" Viris said. She started to scoot herself away, but Fallen wrapped her tail around Viris' leg. "Eep!"

"Many things, Kiris. Many things~"

After some harvesting and masturbation, Siris finally got around to tidying herself up. She brushed her hair straight and went into the hall, looking to see if Viris and Fallen would be nearby. "Hello?" she said, starting to walk around the castle. She found Fallen's room floating around, flying up to it and opening the door. She found Fallen sitting on her bed with Viris laying across her lap, her teat pushed past Viris' lips. Siris could see her alter drinking mouthful after mouthful of milk, with each swallow morphing her into a dragon of Fallen's proportions. "Fallen!"

Fallen looked up from Viris, a tender smile appearing on her face as she looked at Siris. "I watched her for you," she said in a calming manner. "Doesn't she look better?"

"Mmmph…" Villager Kiris said, although she looked anything but a villager. She had grown the scaly orange claws and feet of a dragon girl, with more scales that seemed to run along her sides creep up her neck and chin. Her eyes had turned the same color scheme, and her hair had begun to darken towards a shinier orange. Her breasts had grown a cup size, seeming fuller the more she transformed. Horns that curled up, back, down, and forth like a ram sprouted to the size of half her head. Her wings and tail were as imposing as any powerful reptilians were.

"She does look better," Siris said. "But you could have done it when I was here!" Fallen shrugged and took her breast out of Viris's mouth, taking her to the window that she opened with her tail. "What are you doing now?" Siris asked Fallen.

"Fly!" Fallen said.

"What!?" Viris exclaimed, covering her mouth, surprised when a small burst of fire came out with her speech. Fallen ignored Viris' question, promptly yeeting her high up into the void of Di's realm.

"Viris!" Siris exclaimed going into a state of panic. She rushed towards the window, but Fallen stopped her before she could fly after her. "No, she will be fine. She dragon," Fallen explained. "Now she isn't Villager, so what should we call her?"

"I could care less about that, my cutie is in danger!"

While the two argued, Scyra peeked through the door, carrying a letter. She cleared her throat, getting the two to stop jawing at each other and instead focus on her. "We need to gather," she said, leaving them to get there on their own.

It was always important if all of the residents had to come together. Siris hoped that Fallen was right, the two of them leaving Viris to head over to Nami's room. Since Mermaids couldn't exactly walk to the throne hall with ease, going to the castle pool made the most sense for the more important congregations. Siris opened the door and let the both of them in. Everyone was already inside, even Holi who had taken her spot with a beach chair away from the water. Fallen went over to join up with Holi, while Siris stripped herself before lowing herself into the deep end with Yuki.

"Hey," Siris whispered, seeing the catgirl relaxing against the edge of the pool with cucumbers over her eyes. Her silver-pink hair and cat ears were laying against her head full of water, and the rest of her body sat under the waterline. She lifted a hand out of water and removed one of her cucumbers. "Uwa?~"

"Where did you get the cucumbers?" Siris said. "I want whatever you're having~"

"I only have these two slices…" She said, feeling Siris' tail-flick across her taint. She jumped an inch in the water, dislodging the other cucumber from her eye.

"Maybe I should check here~" Siris said, her spade pressing up against her pussy. "It would be quite easy to hide a cucumber you know~"

"I..haaa…have no idea what you mean.~" She mewled as the spade rubbed along her slit, keeping her mouth covered to keep her pleasure hidden. Siris licked her lips, continuing to tease Yuki until a slimy hand felt up Siris' own cunny. The new challenger peeked her eyes above the waterline, watching the demon's face tighten to hold in the moan creeping up her throat. "You shouldn't tease with such open access yourself," Nami said, rising further up to reveal her head. "You might find your glass house crumbling over you."

"Jokes on you, I'm into that stuff~" Siris said. "Let's see who is the last one cumming, shall we?~"

"Everyone!" Scyra said, finally coming into the room. The masturbation stopped as Nami quickly rose up, Siris moving her tail and digits away from Yuki's body. Yuki sunk back into the water, her blush subsiding as she was able to relax once more. Annabelle straightened her posture in the hot tub, and Fallen and Holi looked up from their game of rock paper claws. "I apologize for my lateness, I had to ensure everyone was here."

"I still feel like we are missing a few," Holi said.

"Most likely, but we can't exactly call people who don't reside within these castle walls."

"It's funny how you say that, but I am literally built with a phone."

"Pish posh really," Scyra said opening the letter. As she scanned line to line, her neutral gaze changed to one of woe. "It's Di…she said she isn't coming back." Everyone's concern grew tenfold as Scyra started reading out loud, with each one holding varying levels of confusion. "...I had some issues from my past that I thought if I ignored, I could continue own in paradise with everyone. However, I couldn't make it last forever, and I finally need to step away to deal with some things once and for all. I hope to be able to see you all again, but I don't know if things will be the same upon my return, if I ever return. So this is my final goodbye, and a gallant thank you for everything you all have done for me."

"...Regards, Di." Scyra slowly rolled up the letter, taking a deep breath as she looked around the room. It had come too sudden for everyone, having seen their Lilim walking with them just days ago. You could hear a pin drop into the water in that room, everyone somehow looking in a different direction.

"Hey hey," Siris said, trying to lighten the room the best she could. "She is probably talking about a possible conflict with another dumb feudal lord. Or a group of feudal lords!"

"Yeah," Annabelle said. "Even if she doesn't come back, I am a Cheshire! I can just telepor-"

"You can't," Scyra interjected. "There's only one place she would be going. She somehow…found a way back to Earth."

"What?" Annabelle questioned.

"We haven't told you nor Kiris, but we're not from this world. All of us, we all came through a portal here. There wasn't a way back before, but after finding each other, after Di took us in…we decided that we didn't need to go back, as long as we had each other."

"But now we don't have each other, that's the problem," Holi said. "How could have this happened under our noses?"

"She's not dead is she?" Fallen asked, her presence shrinking the more worried she got. Yuki was dead silent, staring at the waterline.

"She couldn't be," Nami said. "She was so strong…"

"Strong enough to make a portal back?" Scyra questioned. "She herself said it couldn't be done."

"Maybe," Siris said, thinking out loud to herself. "But I still don't get this Earth thing! The last person I heard that from was Virto…" All eyes turned towards her as she said their name.

"That scientist?" Holi asked, slowly growing enraged.

"But I heard he was human!" Nami said, only knowing bits and pieces about them from gossip around the castle. "Aren't they weak?"

"I know Di recently did something to them after they and the mage came to the castle…" Scrya said. "She said to have a collar made for them…"

"You don't think, he made her go back right?" Anna questioned.

"That doesn't sound like him at all!" Siris said. "He wouldn't force Di back to earth…right Yuki?" She looked to her right, seeing a neko-sized hole left in the water.

She heard the door slam, turning to see Yuki's tail leave the room last before it was yanked shut. "I'M GOING TO KILL HIM!" they all heard through the walls. Siris looked at Scyra with alarm, Scyra having a fraction of the same worry. "She doesn't mean that right?" Scyra averted her eyes, not wanting to say the quiet thing out loud.

"We have to stop her then! I don't want Virto to get hurt!" Siris said, standing up in the pool.

"I'm going as well," Holi stood up as well. "But I'm not intervening."

"What?"

"If he had anything to do with her disappearing, I'm going to enjoy Yuki cutting him to bits." She walked out of the room, Siris following behind to convince Holi otherwise. Scyra looked at the dragon, seeing Fallen still sitting down. "Are you going to go with them?" Fallen shook her head, turning away from Scyra.

"I know this is cutting deep for you, but Di or no Di, we will still be here for you."

"But she won't…" Fallen stood up, still not turning around. "I am going on a walk."

"What kind of walk?" Scyra said, stepping to the side to let Fallen pass through the door. Fallen shrugged on her way out, more focused on putting one foot in front of the other than speaking.

"So you think Isuka just happens to have a map on Yokai territories?" Lao said, helping Virto sift through books in Isuka's library. "I thought she specialized in spells."

"I'm betting on the fact she does, because it's either this or go visit the scary owl again," they said, pulling down yet another book that turned out to be more spells. They tossed it to the growing pile beside them frustrated. "I just really want to see the Ryu I met before, but I don't remember where she lived!"

"You know getting contacts is talking 101 right?" Lao said. "At least that's what Leana would say. Hey, here's an idea. We go find her instead!"

"For the last time, we can't. She has more imposing matters at hand."

"I don't care if she's fucking an imp a foot shorter than her, the least she can do is answer a freakin call..." Lao pulled down another book, seeing something weird in the spine. It was a tiny, distorted reflection, but it was enough to make him look up and see the catgirl looking down at both of them.

"Virto, do you know her too?" Lao said, getting Virto's attention up towards the catgirl. Now getting a direct view of their face, her face became more contorted in anger. "I'm going to KILL YOU," she said, reaching behind her back before pulling out a large scythe, the blade at its thickest wider than her frame.

"Well that's new," Virto said, slowly sliding the book in their hand back into its slot on the shelf. "I don't know her though."

"YOU'RE ABOUT TO!" The Neko dropped down, bringing the pointed end of the scythe down on Virto's head. Before her blade can touch even their hair though, Lao shot an explosive round into her side, the explosion sending her spinning down the aisle. Virto looked towards Lao and gave a thumbs-up as the knight blew out the smoke on his revolver.

"I was actually about to die there, thanks."

"No problem brah, I got your back." Lao took out his second revolver and stepped to Virto's side, waiting for the smoke to clear around the Neko. The dust suddenly expanded outward, the catgirl spinning her scythe around to blow the dust away. The damage to her clothes and skin visibly healed itself, and the gunshot only seemed to make her angrier.

"Oh she one of those," Lao said, getting in front of Virto. "Step back, your watch isn't going to do good this time."

"Really?" they asked, annoyed they were being treated like a helpless soul again. "I thought we talked about this."

"We did," Lao said, handing Virto one of his guns. "You do suppression fire. I just don't want her to get too close to either of us." He patted his belt for his short sword, smiling when he felt the iron. "I have an idea."

The Neko got tired of waiting, deciding to charge back down the aisle to Lao once more. He stepped back and fired bullet after bullet, Yuki slicing through each one before it could hit her again. That's right, get your hopes up…Lao goaded on in his head. When he ran out Virto started shooting, but as the 6 rounds before, the next 6 did nothing. Exactly what Lao wanted.

He took a step into the ground and reached behind him, bringing the shortsword out in a wide arc up to the dashing scythe assassin.

Clash! It was metal on metal when the scythe and sword connected, Lao stopping the spin in its tracks. "Now you don't have no room!" He boasted, bringing his knee up to ram her in the ribs. She dodged and pressed harder on her scythe, the blade slowly tearing through books as she forced it further towards Lao. "Nevermind, you are stronger…than….I thought…" straining, he let go of the sword at the last second, seeing it get snapped like a twig as the huge scythe cut it against the ground. He pointed his gun up at her but heard a hollow click as he pulled the trigger. "Where are infinite movie bullets when you need them!?"

"GET OUT OF THE WAY!" she screamed, bringing her scythe up and down. This time though, Virto would be the one to stop it, swinging a Bo staff up to hit against the scythe handle. They quickly put two more jabs into her gut, before sending her back with a swing to her side.

"I was actually about to die there," Lao said, Virto helping him up. He noticed that Virto's coat was gone, and they only had his pants and green turtleneck on. "Thanks, but where did you get a staff?"

"Ganan gave me lessons," Virto said, spinning it around at a blistering blur. "This is the first time I had to use it however."

"Looks like we're going to need it again soon," Lao said. The two watched the catgirl steady herself, aiming her scythe at her. Lao reached into his bag of bullets, taking out a white round and tucking it in his pocket. "Ready?"

"How are you going to get that to her without a barrel?"

"I got a plan. Just rush her with me." The duo waited until the scythe wielder made attempt three on their lives. She went towards Virto first, Lao jumping against the wall and pushing off for an overhead punch. The Neko ducked and stood up to resume her attack against Virto, but the plan was already in motion. Virto spun around, building up momentum with their staff to hit her over her head. She sidestepped into a boot to the back of her leg, falling to one knee, her eye level now at the edge of a rapidly oncoming end of a bo staff.

She held her own in the 2 on 1, but with a knight on one side and the person she was supposed to murder on another, the two forced her to do nothing but defend on both fronts. She didn't have a chance to swing her weapon, wasting precious time on blocking hands and sticks trying to sweep her to the ground. Each hit was more debilitating than the last, Lao landing a solid fist right on the center of her face. It sent her to the ground, but to her benefit, the hit got her out from between the two of them. She quickly started scrambling back, holding her nose as she retreated to recover.

"Get back here!" Lao yelled, he and Virto chasing after. They both had cuts on their body they were ignoring, but knew they would lose all their progress if she could heal herself the way she closed back the bullet wound. Lao took the bullet out of his pocket and gripped it hard in his hand, smoke starting to seep between the gaps between his gloved fingers. His arm started to glow with spirit energy around the bullet, only heating the charge inside of it further.

They went out of one aisle into another, looking up and around them to see where she hid. She couldn't have gone far, but where she was going to pop out was the real problem. They stood back to back, waiting for the moment she would try to run her scythe through their hearts like a wooden stake.

Virto caught something moving in some of the many book's spines. They nudged Lao towards it, Lao noticing and looking back like he had not noticed at all. "When she jumps out, we need to send her through the roof," he said, his bullet-holding hand starting to sizzle more. Virto nodded and started slowly spinning the bo staff, keeping one eye on a book spine. They watched the blotch until it was suddenly gone.

"Now!" They yelled, spinning faster and turning towards the assailant. Lao brought his fist up to the last jump scare she would ever attempt, Virto following suit as they struck her just slightly faster than Lao's burning fist. Lao opened his hand on contact, the bullet finally exploding right in the Neko's face. The force sent her flying up and back into the shelves, clipping the top corner of the library row hard and tumbling over to the other side. Just as she landed, she turned on her back soon enough to see the bookshelf fall on her with a SLAM, sending all weight of the wood and the binds of spells crashing down over her body.

Virto and Lao caught their breaths, watching the books finish spilling and settle down. They tensed up as they saw the shelf move and shuffle, watching it happen thrice more before the movements finally stopped.

"Thank god," Lao said, dropping his guard. "I thought she would never die."

"I'm glad I didn't die," Virto said, sighing with relief as they dropped theirs as well. The two of them collected their things and started walking away, running into Isuka stirring a mug of black coffee in her fingertips. "Did you two find the-" she dropped the coffee mug as she saw the havoc behind the two, her mind running wild as she tried to find a reason. "HOW!?"

"There was an attempt on my life, and we stopped it," Virto said. "It was the only way."

"By flipping the Aquatic Mythology section upside down?" as she said that, the catgirl cut a huge wedge through the shelf, standing up completely unscathed.

"Why can't she just stay down!?" Lao yelled frustrated. The three got ready for another phase in this fight, but a fourth combatant came crashing through the ceiling, landing on her feet in the catgirl's path. She brushed the dust off her mechanical legs, keeping the catgirl from getting any closer to them. "Yuki, you have to stop this."

"I don't have to stop anything," she said back to Holi. "HE-"

"He is our only way to get Di back," Holi said. "We need to keep them both alive, at least for now."

"Wait, Di?" Virto asked overhearing the conversation. "What do I have to do with Di?" Holi turned around, a pissed look embedded on her face. "I can't believe you. Even now you play dumb!"

"What?"

"You're the one who made her go through the portal, are you not!"

"Woah woah woah," Lao said, only beginning to realize the details. "You're mad because your friend went home?"

"And who are you?" Holi asked.

"I'm Virto's best friend, and I'm not going to let you talk shit about them like this!" Lao said, starting to edge forward. "In fact, you should be praising their ass! They're the reason you're even stuck here in the first place with all these cool looks and shit, and you better be da-"

"Cool it," Virto said, grabbing his arms. Lao still seemed to be getting mad on their behalf, but he relented and stepped back, letting Virto take over. Holi looked at them with an unforgiving scowl, barely looking them in the eye. "I understand how you must feel right now, but I didn't force Di to do anything."

"Then why is she gone?" Holi asked. "Why does she suddenly leave the moment you come into the picture?"

"I don't know honestly," they responded. "I don't know why I was the one she asked, but, I gave her the best answer I could. I thought it was the right thing, but I never meant to split you up because of it." Yuki and Holi stayed silent, but their resentment, as hard as oak, seemed to soften. "I'm sorry, I really am."

"Sorry doesn't bring Di back," Holi said, embracing Yuki like an older sister.

"Well, the portal is always open for her to come back when she's ready. I gave her my house keys, a few phone numbers, everything I could." Holi's eyes darted around uncertainly, but her hate found no reason to put any more blame on Virto. She turned around, taking the both of them towards the front of the library door. "And she better come back!" Holi called over her shoulder. "Or else it will be on your head!" The automaton kicked down the door instead of using the handle, she and the Neko walking right back out of the library. Soon after she left, Siris came running in, out of breath as she near collapsed onto the ground. "Oh my goodness, they are way too fast!"

"Kiris?" Virto said puzzled.

"Virto! Yes, you're still alive!" Siris lunged herself at them, hugging the life out of them. "Wait! You all need to run, Yuk-"

"We know," the three of them said unceremoniously.

"Oh…"

"I hope you know you are cleaning up your friend's mess now, correct?" Isuka said. "And where is Viris?"

"Oh no, I forgot about her!" Siris went running right back out of the library, not staying log enough to pick up a single book.

"Wait!...well then, I still have you two here," Isuka said, turning to Virto and Lao.

"Ooooh, um, we can't. We have a veeerrry important yokai meeting," Lao said, starting to push Virto towards the front door. "Yokai matters, dragon, harvest, you understand."

"We do?" Virto whispered confused.

"Yes we do," Lao said, turning his head back around to shut his friend up. "Now sssssh."

"You know I hear your conversation, correct?" Isuka called, but they were not stopping either. "Do you know how many books were probably lost during your scuffle? They were original copies, some of them! Priceless!" Isuka put her hands at her hips, sighing at the carnage. "First the wet bed, now this…" A piece of foundation fell right beside her, making her jump a couple of feet away. "Ahh!"

Fallen found Viris during her walk, spotting her crying beside a river. She walked up beside her, sitting down and dipping her toes into the water. Viris looked at her with teary eyes, wiping away the water falling down her cheeks. "Sniff, why are you here?" she asked, seeing Fallen just look at the reflection into the ground. "I see," Viris said, sniffing again as she also looked at the water. Fallen just needed a good spot to think to herself, so she didn't say anything, even after Viris started to break the silence…

"I'm a failure of a person, aren't I?" Viris asked Fallen. "Why, just look at me. Exiled, defiled, and to top it all off, I look like a child's nightmare." Fallen shrugged, her thoughts elsewhere for now. "Of course, not even the monster who turned me thinks I'm worth her time."

"I have never really had anyone," Viris spoke up after another moment of silence. "Since my parents passed. I thought the children would fill the void, but then the prisoner fruit started appearing at my doorstep…" Fallen heard something about Prisoner Fruit and turned her head, but this time it was Viris who didn't have her head up, dragging her claw through the sediment. "I…only had one…but for the first time in a long time, my mind felt…at ease. The chocolate just melted on my tongue like butter over a kindle…" she had a dreamy look on her face before it turned back to self-loathing. "Then I had another…then another…then another…I stopped myself before it was too late, but maybe my version of too late was different from the town's."

"Could I? Could I…have attracted them?" Viris looked towards Fallen for any input, but her head was back towards looking at the slow-flowing river. "Right…I shouldn't even be bothering you with something so trivial. I…I will go." She stood up from the edge of the river, but Fallen's tail pulled her back down onto her seat on the ground. "What? What do you…" She saw Fallen just point towards the trees across the water. Their branches blocked most of the light from their perspective, making it seem like they were looking into a forest of darkness. "Why look at there?" Viris questioned, but Fallen remained silent. She sat and stared with her, not understanding why she looked onward at a gap in the trees.

"Di used to walk me there," Fallen said. Viris heard part of it, but she wasn't paying attention enough to comprehend it. "Pardon?"

"If you ever find yourself upset, helping others is a good way to feel better."

"Is….this you helping me?" Fallen touched Viris' temple, the dragonic bits of her shedding off her from bottom to top. Viris looked at her palms, joy bubbling inside her as she could see her human fingers once more. "You took pity on me…" she noted. "Thank you."

"That's what I said," Fallen said, giving a collar and a lease. "Walk me."

"I-I-I've never walked a dragon before…" The statement didn't stop the dragon, going into her smaller, actual dragon form and nestling herself in Viris' lap. It tickled the villager, giggling as she stroked the dragon's back. "Well, I suppose I could learn." An approving roar came from her before she yawned and started to snooze right on her.