>"I trust you, but I also have faith in her and she is injured."
>Continue to approach, slowly but calmly. Though keep a barrier ready in case something untoward happens anyway.
>To the Purpose: How close is the Fire Champion now? How long do you think it will take to reach us?
>"Oy!" the officer calls again as you continue on towards Keine, sounding more agitated than before. "Wizard or not, when the police tell you-"
>He is cut off by the warning voice of the officer Kaguya called lieutenant, "Conner!" What she is warning him of, though, plainly isn't you, as Keine is stirring again. You slow your approach and ready your shield as she struggles to rise, put her movements are slow, strained, her limbs shaky as she gets her feet under her, her breath heavy and labored as she pulls herself to all sixes.
>Noisily drawing in a breath, Keine's head rears up and she howls again, the force of the sound making the windows nearby rattle. But there's another layer to that terrible scream. Somehow there are two voices, the animal roar you're used to hearing this cursed body emit, and another sound beneath it, the sound of a woman's pained scream, faint, but definitely the sound of a person.
>As you become aware of the change in the sound, Keine's body starts to change as well. She seems to shrink, her legs shortening, her top pair of arms diminishing, her lower arms shrinking at a faster rate than the rest of her body. Her ugly fur starts to recede, changing color as well into a flesh-tone hue. Her flattens and deflates, and starts to wind back towards her torso, which is growing less and less thick and blocky. Her horns, too, are disappearing. And all throughout, the sound of the woman's scream grows louder and louder, while the horrible howl of the beast fades away.
>"I don't believe it..." the man called Conner gasps. "How...?"
>There is a measured silence before the dry voice of the Purpose returns.
Not long. At all.
