Chapter 107: Glow Up
Kir awoke to a blue sky and the sounds of birds.
It took him a moment to realize that he was on his back. A back that was spike-free.
After the dreams he’d had, waking up to find himself normal sent a surge of happiness to his face. "Hah-ha!" he cried out, raising his arms to the sky before letting them fall down to his sides.
"Good to see you’re awake," Noir said, approaching from Kir’s side.
Rotating toward him, Kir pushed off the ground.
"Wow, they didn’t hold back when they made you," the beastkin man said.
Kir looked down to find himself a lot more defined than he’d been before gaining his war form. His tail now had some tough, leathery ridges whose position corresponded to his war form spikes, and a quick feel up his own back confirmed that there was now a flexible set of bony ridges protecting his spine. Along his body, sets of leathery scutes gave him a slightly more draconic appearance in symmetrical formations. Thankfully they weren’t sharp, because if they had been his partners would have had to be a lot more cautious in the future.
He was still rather lanky, and he felt taller than he’d been. His feet had grown beyond the capacity to wear normal boots, that was certain, and his four front toes sported claws at the end of much longer toe knuckles than he’d had. His hands, while largely the same, definitely seemed thicker, as did the retractable claws at the ends of his fingernails.
"How, uh, do I look?" Kir asked.
"Se-eh-Severely demonic... although the glowy bit has me confused..." Noir said.
"Glowy?"