"Beauté! What a sweet sentiment!" How adorable is that? She must be so proud of them! Or is it perhaps meant in a more literal sense? Is Jade's father another species altogether? Such endless possibilities..... It's hard not to let his imagination and curiosity alike run wild.

Rook steps in as bidden, stepping aside to lean against the wall and make room for Jade to work as he needs to. (Sorry, Octavinelle, it might come away smudged when he leaves. Letting himself dry in the evening sun doesn't exactly discourage the dust from settling on him on their walk back to the mirror.) Seeing their bodies shift, hmmm..... He wonders how similar it is to watching Jack's transformation? Surely it can't be that much worse. "Not to worry! I'm quite used to it. Monsieur Fier-à-bras has shown me many times before."