When Joscelin reforms, he looks infinitely better than before. There's color in his cheeks and all of the scrapes and bruising left over from his fight with a wall Shin have vanished.

If it weren't for the fangs still in his mouth, he might almost be mistaken for a normal little boy.

He bounds over to Ayumu, surprised at the amount of energy he has. "Thank you, Mistress. Are you feeling any better? I decided to experiment with an idea I had."

And next time he'll actually get it right.