[She really kind of wants to believe that the blood drinking thing was her only big mistake about Liem's character!!! Also, it wasn't even about his... okay, she had also believed he wasn't the type of person to conceal such an intrinsic biological fact about himself from a "friend", and that had been her error, but-
... He is the person she had awkwardly approached to attempt to understand her confusing mix of feelings over being granted a title as an honored citizen of Springstar while also knowing what she "truly" was... or, had been, in her world. And he is who she had trusted to see her like this, when she knew there was a chance that something might go wrong or strangely with such a drastic magical transformation, leaving her vulnerable.
She had... not thought "vulnerable" was going to mean "half-naked" and "struggling to walk", per se, but.]
Now I know why caltrops are so effective...
[The mutter is defensive and barely there, but with Liem's assistance she manages to get back to standing, and with his support she does make it to the powder room. Apparently it was largely a balance issue. The muscles are all there, they're fit, it's just... she is wobbling, accidentally trying to move the limbs with the same force and direction as her equine ones, and that... is not conducive to a smooth human gait. Once she has the sunk to grab on to she transfer to that, her face red, finally able to free up a hand to tug her ill-fitted robe down enough for bare modesty, knees locked up too rigid, putting too much of her weight on her heels rather than the flats of her new feet.
Shoes, right, she's going to need... shoes...]
... Thank you.
[For going to get those. For not laughing or leering. For all of it.]
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... He is the person she had awkwardly approached to attempt to understand her confusing mix of feelings over being granted a title as an honored citizen of Springstar while also knowing what she "truly" was... or, had been, in her world. And he is who she had trusted to see her like this, when she knew there was a chance that something might go wrong or strangely with such a drastic magical transformation, leaving her vulnerable.
She had... not thought "vulnerable" was going to mean "half-naked" and "struggling to walk", per se, but.]
Now I know why caltrops are so effective...
[The mutter is defensive and barely there, but with Liem's assistance she manages to get back to standing, and with his support she does make it to the powder room. Apparently it was largely a balance issue. The muscles are all there, they're fit, it's just... she is wobbling, accidentally trying to move the limbs with the same force and direction as her equine ones, and that... is not conducive to a smooth human gait. Once she has the sunk to grab on to she transfer to that, her face red, finally able to free up a hand to tug her ill-fitted robe down enough for bare modesty, knees locked up too rigid, putting too much of her weight on her heels rather than the flats of her new feet.
Shoes, right, she's going to need... shoes...]
... Thank you.
[For going to get those. For not laughing or leering. For all of it.]