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Lyall suggested that we should connect our rooms, so that one doesn't have to step out into Liminal to get to the next one, and it seems like a good idea to me. What do you think? [He doesn't necessarily approve of the others' permanent rooms, but he does approve of strengthening pack bonds, and that definitely would help in that regard.]

Also, [and in many ways this is the more important and serious question] me and the little one have been talking, and we've agreed that she should be one of us. I can perform the Ashina ritual for it [as fucking weird as that whole concept of turning someone into a werewolf is; but with his adopted daughter, it just seems right, and she might be the only one for whom it might seem right to him, ever], but I would like for all of you to be present. It was a festive family event for Bogdan. [And he feels like that is a good way of treating it. After all, something major and exciting is happening, and he hopes that this will work towards having her adopted into the pack, too. She's already bonded with himself, Lyall, Hajime and Ryo, that's only two members off, anyway, even though dragon bonding isn't pack bonding. But it should be another step towards it.]

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[Lyall considers, then offers,]

If you think she won't be cranky. Otherwise I can wait until she's ready to wake on her own.

[Babies and being woken from naps, and all.]

[He weighs his options, and then stands.]

She might wake by herself when she senses us nearby.

[And if not, they can wait.]

Very well.

[Lyall gets up to follow Laughs to where she's sleeping, ready to take a seat there instead should they need to.]

[They have to sit down and wait for a bit, but soon enough she stirs and looks up, peering curious at the two werewolves sitting nearby.

Something is up, she can tell with the sharp senses of a child that know exactly when things are up.

Laughs looks over at Lyall. This will be the alpha's conversation, for the most part.]

[Lyall leans down a little, inviting her to come over with an outstretched hand and a welcoming pattern of colors across the dragonbond.]

I'd like to talk with you about the conversation you had with Laughs-at-the-Storm, about becoming a werewolf, like he and I are.

[Saffron comes over and sits down in front of Lyall, and then after a faint telempathic nudge from Laughs, changes into her goat form and nods.]

Dad said it won't be the same, just similar. But more like you and Mommy than like Daddy and Gale and Tick-Tock.

[She still isn't sure what to call Tick-Tock. It hinges on if she wants to call Kenzaki daddy or not, really.]

[It's okay, take your time labeling people with new names. Tick-Tock will probably be bemused by it all, anyway.]

Yes, that's what it will be like. They are werewolves only part of the time, part of the way-- the way you can be a Forest Folk part of the time, when you choose to be. You will be a werewolf all the time, at the same time as being a dragon, with all the good things and bad things that come with it. Has Laughs-at-the-Storm told you what those good things and bad things will be?

[They'll just all end up daddies, probably. All the daddies.]

He said that I'll be a wolf and not remember that I'm a dragon on the full moon. [...What else are things that stood out as good or bad.] And that I will be able to smell better. And that I can have another bond with you and Daddy and the others.

You'll be able to hear better, too, probably. The bond with the rest of the pack won't be like the one you have now with me and Laughs-at-the-Storm. You'll be able to tell where we are, and tell when we're unhappy or afraid, but not much else. For the full moon, if you want, you can come into liminal space with me, since the moon doesn't reach us here.

[Sounds like Laughs did a pretty good job explaining things, then. He does add one more warning:]

We won't be able to undo it if we do this for you. So you have to be very sure this is what you want. It's going to take us a few days to work out how to alter the spell for a dragon, so you can think on it until we're ready. Any time before we cast the spell, you can always say no and no one will be angry with you.

[She nods understanding at all of this, very earnestly, listening closely to what Lyall says. Even parts that aren't new are still important. She understands that this is very big.

But it is good.]

I will come to Liminal Space with you. [That sounds like a very good solution. She was a bit worried about the natural wolf part; losing herself sounded scary. But if she can go to Liminal with alpha daddy, that works.]

I thought you might prefer that. So think about it, and talk about it with anyone you please, and Laughs-at-the-Storm and I will prepare the magic for you. All right?

[He offers her his hand, solemnly, something she'll recognize as a Forest Folk as something to seal a bargain with.]

[She is incredibly pleased by being treated like an adult here. Or well, as close to being treated like an adult as a child can be.

And will do her best to act accordingly to it. So she takes the hand with the most severe expression and shakes it, her small hoof almost vanishing in his big human hand.]

I'll think on it.

[But she's pretty sure that she's not going to decide differently. It sucks when you're the only one in the family who is different, and ...this is something that she can't quite grasp yet at her age, but there's a deep sitting recognition of her position as an outside there, too. She's never going to be a regular dragon because of where she'll grow up and who will raise her. Even by captive dragon standards, she won't be a proper dragon. Her goat form is an overlay, so that is out, too. But maybe, just maybe, she can come close to being a proper wolf, or a proper werewolf, at least. She certainly has a better chance at learning how to be that than she has at being a proper dragon, and the werewolves are all something else first and have to learn how to be a werewolf, too. She won't be as off.]

Very good. I look forward to hearing your final answer.

[He shakes just as solemnly, then opens his arms in an invitation for a hug, too. He's pretty sure she won't decide differently, either, but he still wants her to make sure she feels like she's thought it through. And since they have time until they can do it, anyway, it just makes sense to give her that time.]

[Hugs are good, especially when they come from family, and he'll definitely get one.

Laughs won't interrupt them and simply stay where he's seated, glad that this went over so smoothly.]

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