[Her free hand reaches up to touch the back of his neck, her own expression crumpling with a weird mix of immense relief and frustration when she feels nothing there.]
When you were in that form, as a lindwurm, there was this black crystal on your back. It got bigger and spread more over you as time went on, and when we managed to break it, I could see the white scales underneath. [There's a pause, and her lips press together.] It was almost like it was... I don't know, feeding off your nostilium.
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[Her free hand reaches up to touch the back of his neck, her own expression crumpling with a weird mix of immense relief and frustration when she feels nothing there.]
When you were in that form, as a lindwurm, there was this black crystal on your back. It got bigger and spread more over you as time went on, and when we managed to break it, I could see the white scales underneath. [There's a pause, and her lips press together.] It was almost like it was... I don't know, feeding off your nostilium.