Bailey eventually squirmed out of her arms, curling up next to her on the bed. She absently ran a hand through his fur, still looking a little stricken. It was hard not to be worried.

"Am I going to go back to normal?" she asked. "Everything else went away."

Sure, she'd had moments where she wished she was bigger and stronger, but she didn't want to be grown up yet. She didn't even know how to be grown up.