"Thanks. I appreciate that a lot. Now I just have to figure out how not to do it again, and we'll be great." She finally seems to get ahold of herself the rest of the way, and the girl-shaped shadow solidifies the rest of the way into an actual girl, about fourteen, blonde, green eyed beneath a white glow, and with six shadowy tentacles on her back.

"There we go, that's better," she says, sounding relieved.