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A Few Days Later - Late Morning.

Janelle has spent the last few days still struggling to fall into some kind of routine, cataloging and detailing the continued changes in the morning. In the afternoon, trying to get back to work as usual, but enjoying the meals together with her Dragon lover, and then ending the evenings with a shared bath relaxing and now also helping Liseth wash, rinse, and brush her new mane as it has steadily grown, and retiring to Liseth's chambers to curl up together.

The past few days have seen incremental changes to her body, starting with her right leg bending back, forming a digitigrade paw that made walking downright impossible. The first hints of changes to her face began that day as well, with a small set of horns growing out through her hair.

Though she harbored some fear that the hair would fall out, instead it simply grew out, the once forgettable brown replaced by a similar color to Liseth's new mane, a similar tuft of hair growing at the tip of her long tail. Her snout grew out over the next couple days as well, her eyes changing shape and iris, something that had shocked her upon first seeing it.

Finally, the changes began spreading back along her left side, her left hand forming a paw to match the first changes, as the patch scales along her side finally became uniform and... correct. She had no other word for it upon finally seeing her body fully covered in the orange scales. Much to her own surprise, her breasts did not disappear with the changes, emphasized by her diminished size, as well as another fluff of fur above her cleavage and down her chest. It truly emphasized how her entire form is an odd mix of mammalian and reptilian, fur and paws mixed with scales and spines.

Janelle awoke slowly today, still feeling somewhat tired as the afternoon light creeps into the room. She stretches out, hand reaching out to pet at the soft bedding beneath her. The soft, fluffy bedding, warmer and more comfortable than any mattress she's ever slept on. Her paws knead slightly against Liseth's fur out of some unknown instinct, "Mmmmm... that really felt wonderful. Best sleep I've had since... err..." She stops to think back, not recalling a better, more fulfilling rest. "...ever?"

Liseth is lying on her back, having figured few nights earlier that it is the most comfortable position for the both of them, with Janelle on top of her chest.

The dragon's changes have also continued, turning more mammalian by the day. While she still has scales, they are buried under lengthy fur in most parts of her body, only really visible on some of her joints and alongside her tail.

A long luxurious cream-colored mane now flows from between her new external ears down to the tip of her tail, ending in a huge tuft. All four of her paws have gotten softer and rounder, and the claws in them, to her utter surprise, became partially retractable; she could now just flex her paw so, and the previously always present claws would become more visible.

Her wings are now somewhere between a leathery membrane and a feathered appendage, and she strongly suspected it might be better to not try to fly until the feathering completes.

All in all, she scarcely even looks like the menacing beast she was some time back.

"Mmmmhm~?" She doesn't yet open her eyes, content to just lie still as Janelle paws at the base of her neck.

Janelle slowly stops her motion, laying back down against Liseth's upper chest, just listening to the dragon breath. She lowers her voice just a little, "Apologies, ma'am. I just... feel good. Very good, in fact."

Liseth open one eye to look at Janelle from her somewhat funny vantage point. "You sound like it, love."

Janelle chuckles to herself, glancing towards the high windows, "I did sleep in today, it seems. But it seems like something more than that..."

She pauses a moment to look over herself, still slightly unnerved when actually looking at her own body. ...and still a little more unnerved that it's growing familiar to her. "Everything seems right. Everything seems..." She blinks, "My leg! It's... it's finished."

Liseth raises her head to look at Janelle better. "... Yes. You look... Whole. Balanced again." She lifts a paw to touch at Janelle's side. "... Like a Kobold, but a lot softer."

Janelle stands up carefully on Liseth's chest, nuzzling against the dragon's paw. "I... do feel 'whole'. I think it's finished? Actually, I am certain. I'll allow a margin of error if you'll let me, I can only be so certain considering the unique circumstances."

Liseth smiles, admiring the kobold as she stands up: "Well, if you pardon my expression, you look great, Janelle."

Janelle blushes, her cheeks still showing red through the thin scales across her elongated face. "You really think so, ma'am?"

She straightens up her posture as best she can with her new legs, clearly having a better balance now that both of her legs are the same digitigrade paws. Her thick tail twitches, never quite settling down, "I can't even compare with you."

Liseth runs a round, soft finger alongside Janelle's side. "We're not the same, no, but... I think we are considerably more alike than we were when we met."

Janelle reaches her own paw up to meet Liseth's, her hand only able to cover one of Liseth's fingers while the rest of the dragon's paw remains upon Janelle's side, "Alike in many ways... more than just skin deep, if I may say so, love."

Liseth smirks softly: "I don't think either of us had fur like this before." She squeezes at Janelle's side softly: "We have a lot in common."

Janelle smiles in turn, "And neither of us had these paw pads before, at least not quite like this."

Liseth nods, letting out a soft giggle. "Yeah, I'm not sure how or why any of that came by, but... Suppose I do not mind either."

Janelle laughs, feeling as if a great deal of weight is off of her with these changes. "You're beautiful, ma'am. And cozy, I admit. I've never been able to just sleep in so easily before."

Liseth touches alongside Janelle's hip and tail some more: "I can see why. You're even softer now than you were, and I certainly am." She muses: "Really this is going to ruin my image as the tough dragon on top, isn't it."

Janelle's tail perks up at the touch, the appendage apparently a bit sensitive, "Only if you let it, Ma'am. A flash of teeth and a well deployed claw can speak words, and if anyone thinks they can take advantage of this 'new you', we shall make them regret it."

Liseth blinks, then nods. "Yeah, probably... Anyway, that's neither here or there. Let's see the new you, shall we?" She shifts her position to look at Janelle closer, openly admiring the Kobold's looks now.

Janelle chuckles a bit shyly, "I think the only new change is the my leg, ma'am." She dips her head slightly, "But... I'm more than happy to let you examine me to your pleasure."

Liseth hums, her paw touching the base of Janelle's tail. "It may be that it was just your leg... Well, mostly. Subtle changes on your face too, I think. Here, let me show you."

The dragon shifts her position, grabbing to steady Janelle with one paw while using her other to reach for a mirror from the side of the bed. Easily lifting the full length mirror for Janelle to look at, while still keeping the Kobold on top of her chest.

Janelle feels a shiver run along the length of her tail up her spine, eyes going wide. "Though I'm unsure if I'll ever get used to how it feels to have a tail."

She turns where she stands to examine herself fully in the mirror. She leans in to study her face, "H-huh... it's completely different, and yet, I still... I still recognize myself." She spends a moment feeling her face with her paws, as if ensuring it's all real.

Liseth nods, smiling at her girlfriend: "You look wonderful. But I do not think there ever was a risk of losing 'you' in this."

Janelle shakes her head, "Perhaps not, but there was still a fear there, but I know you've felt that too, love. I hope seeing the end of my journey at least gives you some extra peace of mind."

Liseth swallows, caught up as, she is. "Yeah. Hopefully." She then leans to softly nuzzle the Kobold. "I love seeing you finally balanced out. How do you feel?"

Janelle leans in to kiss Liseth's snouth as she nuzzles, "I feel... balanced is a good word. I can already tell things will be easier without being so lopsided. Walking on my own again will feel quite good."

Liseth mm's: "I'm so happy for you. You have this... Burn, passion, that you want to do things, get stuff done on your own."

Janelle sighs, laughing softly as she looks down at her love, "You're not wrong. I've always just felt that I need to prove myself, mostly through my work. I have always wanted people to judge me fairly for what I can do, and not for what I am." She looks at her paws, then touches the fluff on her chest and chuckles, "There's an irony there, I am quite aware."

Liseth: "Well, I can judge you based on both. You did get hired bases on actual merits in the beginning, after all." The dragon grins: "Though admittedly you are very pleasing to look at as well."

Janelle laughs a little louder, placing her hand on Liseth's snout gently, "You're the exception, love. It's very different when I hear it from you. I've always tried to look professional and ignore the unwanted compliments. But from you, they are very wanted. I rather like it when you call me beautiful, especially now."

Liseth laughs softly as well: "Good to hear, because I will certainly keep complimenting you, and there' nothing you can do about it~"

Janelle bows, "You are the Dragon, afterall."

Liseth giggles, poking her paw at Janelle's midriff: "Only when it comes to making sure everything goes like you want it, love."

Janelle giggles, shrinking back slightly at the poke, tail wagging, "A team, then. With both of us quite in agreement that compliments will not stop between us."

Liseth smirks, being even more excited with the tail wagging. "That sounds like an acceptable deal to keep with." She pauses. "Soft, beautiful, gorgeous, fluffy, smart, sexy."

Janelle tries to remain her usual stoic self in the face of Liseth's words, but her tail betrays her emotions. "Ma'am... thank you. You are as well, beautiful, kind, strong, smart, soft and fluffy, generous, and..." She looks up Liseth as if only just thinking about this for the first time, "...Sexy. Very sexy, love."

Liseth gives a soft laugh: "...t-though I will admit I do not really know how humans understand that word."

Janelle laughs just a little awkwardly, unsure if Dragons even think of one another in these terms, "I think for humans... someone is sexy if you desire them beyond simply appreciating their looks. I'm not fully sure I understand how it applies to the two of us either."

She swallows, "I just know that I find you beyond beautiful. It makes me wish there was a way we could... be even closer. More intimate. A way to pleasure one another..."

Liseth pauses and blushes and nods a bit dumbly. "Well. We have... time to find out, I imagine."

Janelle nods, equally red in the face over what she just said, "All the time in the world between us. Even without these changes, I wasn't going anywhere."

Liseth smirks, holding Janelle's hips in her paws: "Oh? You're absolutely certain I wouldn't have gotten on your nerves at some point?"

Janelle leans back as if to sit in Liseth's paw, "I would think the opposite more likely, ma'am. I have been told I am grating to some."

Liseth mm's, then leans her neck up to kiss Janelle softly (as softly as she is able given the size difference): "Well, you might if you keep calling me 'ma'am' instead of something more endearing. We're equal now."

Janelle laughs at the feeling of Liseth's kiss, squirming a bit at first to find the right angle before she embraces it, giving a tiny in comparison kiss back. "Old habit, Love. Just a show of my respect for you, and I will always have respect for you."

Liseth smirks: "I shall let it slide this time. Again."

Janelle hums, "I am ever at your mercy." She settles in once again, considering. "Today will be an interesting entry in the journal. I... I really do wonder what we should do with it when we decide it's finished. It's become fairly comprehensive."

Liseth nods: "We did write a lot... or really you wrote based on my dictates, since you can type so much faster and more accurately than I." She sighs a bit, looking at her big soft paw: "I don't think that actually has changed much..."

Janelle looks at her own paws, "I suppose it hasn't. Once I got comfortable typing with these, it wasn't all that different. We can always look into a solution for your own typing if you wish, ma'a-err... Love." She smirks somewhat apologetically at the near-mess up.

Liseth grins: "Mm~. Guess we have to find out. For now..." She grabs Janelle a bit more forcefully into a very fluffy hug against her chest: "You're mine!"

Janelle lets out a startled yip as she's pressed down into the tight hug, the surprise quickly becomes laughter. She nuzzles against the Dragon, more or less with her whole body, "Mmmm. Always. You're getting very good at hugs, love."

Liseth giggles as she holds the kobold close: "I blame the fluff. Or you."

Janelle clutches close, "I'm alright with both. The fluff feels so good. And so do I. I think part of me is still in shock, but it's a very small voice now. I don't know if the change itself makes one accept these feelings, or if I just know this is everything I want."

Liseth shifts slightly to have Janelle be even closer in her now-deep chest fluff. "Mm, you being happy makes me happy."

Janelle snuggles up and lets herself sink into the fur, "I feel the same about you. I do believe that's what real love is."

Liseth hums: "Is it? Guess we can find out and write down results later."

Janelle laughs, "We will not be the first or the last to attempt to document Love. Though our case might be the most unusually unique. In human history at least."

Liseth smirks as her paws touch along Janelle's back and tail: "Reason enough to have fun figuring it out in words, then."

Janelle lets out a purr as Liseth's paw strokes down her spine. "Ohhhh that feels incredible. I do like the writing. I enjoy my projects, and even more so when we can share it."

Liseth realizes she's purring as a response to Janelle purring, but doesn't stop pawing at Janelle's back. "Sounds good to me, because I also enjoy working together like that. Or like this."

Janelle blinks, still not fully aware of her own purring, but feeling Liseth's rumble up through her chest. She nuzzles down into the fluff, "I do like this. I love this sensation when you're happy. I can feel it all through my body."

Liseth smiles: "Me too, love. Me too."

Janelle continues to purr, her tail wagging with each stroke. "I love this. I love you! I... Thank you, Liseth'erend'oreana."

Liseth smiles and holds Janelle closer, her own tail swishing as well: "Thank you too, Janelle. I love you~."

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