There's an unfamiliar man in his twenties closing in on the little girl. Because who else could it be? Joscelin had found himself suddenly grown up and feeling uncomfortably muted, and then he'd received a sudden, cryptic text from Ginia. Now he sees a little girl where an Amazon should have been and everything clicks into place.
Without the vampire curse, Joscelin looks, well, normal. He's fair skinned but doesn't carry the same deathly pallor as before, cheeks ruddy under their freckles. He's got stubble coming in. And while he isn't exactly tall, he's finally somewhat average height. The clothes he'd borrowed from Hakkai are still too big, however.
The whole sensation is utterly bizarre. Maybe even worse than yesterday, and he'd been a girl then.
He kneels beside the little girl, marveling at the reversal in their sizes, and chuckles wanly.
IV
There's an unfamiliar man in his twenties closing in on the little girl. Because who else could it be? Joscelin had found himself suddenly grown up and feeling uncomfortably muted, and then he'd received a sudden, cryptic text from Ginia. Now he sees a little girl where an Amazon should have been and everything clicks into place.
Without the vampire curse, Joscelin looks, well, normal. He's fair skinned but doesn't carry the same deathly pallor as before, cheeks ruddy under their freckles. He's got stubble coming in. And while he isn't exactly tall, he's finally somewhat average height. The clothes he'd borrowed from Hakkai are still too big, however.
The whole sensation is utterly bizarre. Maybe even worse than yesterday, and he'd been a girl then.
He kneels beside the little girl, marveling at the reversal in their sizes, and chuckles wanly.
"Enjoying your second childhood?"