It wasn't a promise, but it was probably as close as she was going to get, from her cousin. She released his arm, looking down at the floor between them; her lips quirked, slightly, at his words.
"I like lizards too. Just...not so sure I like being one." The sun had been setting when they'd come in; Kesiah cast a glance over at the blinds. They wouldn't keep the light out; she knew they wouldn't.
"Hey, about that food. I don't...think I'm gonna have time." Her smile was wan. "Soon as that moonlight gets in your window...christ, I hope it isn't messy. I'm never in the same place, and I can't see myself...I don't remember what happens. Just...don't leave me, okay?"
Kessie strode out into the living room, shoulders tensing. It was so much worse with someone else here, so much worse knowing something was going to happen.
Wondering, in the back of her mind, if it was, or if she was truly insane.
She'd never thought she'd actually wish to turn into a lizard, but right now, with Marcus thinking she was some sort of psycho addict, she just wanted it to happen already so that she could prove she wasn't totally losing it. The waiting was the worst part, waiting for the light she knew was going to come through the cracks in the blinds, just...waiting--
The first sign of something happening was a faint, low hum. Kessie went stiff, muscles tensing; her skin seemed to crack, flaking away as though she was shedding. Then came the shifting. She was shrinking, human body compacting, muscles changing in shape and structure; Kesiah whimpered, once, a pathetic sound. New skin slithered over the exposed tissue, silvery-green and diamond-patterned, a crest springing up where hair had been.
It only took a few minutes, but it seemed like an eternity. An iguana waded out of the sea of Kessie's clothes, waddling awkwardly, not quite certain what to do with itself, and glared accusingly up at Marcus. Those eyes said Well?? They dared him to think she was crazy now.