It's one of the oddest things I've ever experienced.
[rubbing her hand, but otherwise standing back up straight, recovered.]
I haven't been that small in a very long time. [like, she looks and acts young, but she is decades old.] And I hardly have memories of my childhood at all. To be thrown back there - unsettling.
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[she doubt she's wandered far enough that that description wouldn't be recognizable?]
I was only meant to cross through the forest and get home. Because I'm nearly grown now. It wasn't supposed to be dangerous at all.
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Danger can be unexpected, sometimes—even for us adults. But it'll be okay, I'll get you home.
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and as soon as she is unbaby, immediately clutching her hand in pain.]
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but hm. bad.]
Shadowheart-san—!?
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It's alright, it's alright.
[she's fine, this is just a thing that happens sometimes.]
I'm fine. What happened?
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[HELLO?]
... You were a kid.
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[she's already doing better.]
...Was I? Again?
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[...]
This effect is pretty inconvenient. Yeah.
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[rubbing her hand, but otherwise standing back up straight, recovered.]
I haven't been that small in a very long time. [like, she looks and acts young, but she is decades old.] And I hardly have memories of my childhood at all. To be thrown back there - unsettling.
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Do you... know why? Is that normal?
[that doesn't sound normal.]
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[the awkward look of someone who is not religious and cannot relate to this at all, but doesn't want to be rude and judge something he doesn't know.]
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...I know. It isn't great. But it isn't as though I don't know why.