Synizn looks down at the small people in front of him. At another time,
he would have chuckled at how ridiculous the both looked with their feet
dangling off of the chairs they'd taken, but right now the were-bear just
felt....sick to his stomach. Astra and Fred had finished their story, and
a quick spell cast from an ordinary looking ring confirmed that hey at
least BELIEVED they were telling the truth! Still, to think that his old
friend was dead.....
"Could....I see the Crystallic?" Synizn asks in a husky voice.
A sympathetic looking Fred reached into his pocket and passes it to
the mage. Might as well trust the were-bear, sine Malachi had said that
he was their only hope at regaining their God-given form. But he and Astra
had to wonder just HOW a dragonness and this rough character got to know
each other.
As Synizn touched the guady magical item, Astra blinks as for a fleeting
second, a possible clue to that question was given.
An strange set of auras flashed briefly around the were-bear. The one
of a composite of a man and a bear was present.....but VERY, very faint
was another shape. It was ragged, and faded out entirely in some parts.
It was almost like a ghost image of a ghost image of a ghost image. However,
Astra could almost swear that it was.....a dragon. A beaten, broken dragon,
but one none-the-less.
"Okay," mutters Synizn. "I'll take a look at this item. I can see that
this is the real article, but we have a problem.
"The problem is you and the kits," says the were-bear. "By the laws
of magic, I must first cure her before I can cure Fred. But I must do something
about those six kits growing inside her.
"A straight transformation back to human form would kill them....and
kill her in the process," sighs Synizn. "Nor can I transform the kits to
human, because THAT would kill Astra....and then them. I do know that there's
an answer to this problem, but....I need time to cipher it out....and to
take care of....other things....."
The last part is said in a breaking voice, and the were-bear hurries
and leaves to study in his laboratory (and maybe do some grieving).
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