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Are you hurt, Konoha-san?

[ Doumeki steps over and hands her the towel. She's so... small. ]

I can bring gauze if you need it.

[ Well, she obviously fell over. Guess jinba aren't used to falling forward? ]

[She is... indeed very small. Where once she'd been a seven foot tall, half ton brick of muscular mountain jinba mare, now she has the same cute face and muscular body but... as... a human woman barely five feet tall, sort of swallowed up in her now awkwardly fitting kimono and pelt wrap.]

I fell on my face...

[She takes the towel gratefully, wiping up some of the blood on her face and hands before tipping her head back to pinch her nose with it.]

I've lived with humans all my life, I thought walking would be easy...

[ Doumeki kneels down so he's a bit less looming, and settles a hand on her shoulder. ]

It is your first time. It is very different from having four legs.

[ Even falling on your face is kind of... Ouch. ]

I can help you once you feel well enough to stand.

Hnnn...

[As much as a part of her wants to wallow in her predicament... She can't just do that all day! Not when she has a potential teacher here... !

So she forces herself to sit up, inadvertently positioning her legs like she would her equine forelegs when trying to rise and so... that's not helping. Only strong core muscles manage to help her get halfway up before she remembers... oh yeah, bend the knees???]

I'm fine, I just bruised it...

Let me see.

[ Well, she is his boss and his friend, so Doumeki will be a little forward and place his hand on her face, just to touch her nose slightly, and heal away the damage from her earlier fall. He can do that now. Because dragon powers. Don't ask questions! ]

To stand, you may need to use your hands to help you. Here.

[ Hell, he could pick her up entirely. But he gives her space and extends a hand so that she can at least try. ]

[Obedient, at least, in her weakness, Konoha willingly surrenders her face and her bruised nose to his inspection... and without realizing it might be powers at play just sighs in relief.]

Ah... Doumeki is really soothing...

[What a calming presence! So much so that it doesn't even seem to hurt anymore! Great!]

Hands, right-

[Again, she automatically puts them where she would to assist her jinba self in rising, but then... no, that's not right... she resituates, trying to fold the knees and get her legs under her so that she can grab his hand.

... Pull, please.]

It is a dusklight enhancement. You should be healed.

[ Because why not, right? Give yourself better senses. Healing power. A voice that can command people... Well, Doumeki doesn't use that last one, but it's fun during sex, so he's keeping it to himself. ]

I can show you, once we practice.

[ He takes her by the hands and pulls her up with ease. Like, he doesn't even break a sweat, she's so light. ]

Hold on to me.

[ Gotta at least try before he gives up and just tosses her onto his shoulders. ]

From the... the Ware Wolf Shop?

[The one that... made moonblessing stuff permanent? She tried not to purchase anything there after a mishap in her early Lunatia days, but maybe if she’d had more familiarity with the goods there she’d have known better than to drink the tea... !

Even though she’d asked him to, there’s a moment when he starts to pull that mentally she realizes no, it won’t work, she’s too heavy-

Except oh yeah, she isn’t, and it leaves her looking foolishly dumb founded as she stands in front of him, knees turned inward and trembling as she stares straight ahead at... his middle?]

W- When did Doumeki-san get so tall... ?

Yes. I have enhanced senses as well as the ability to heal.

[ Prisma has given him tools, and so he uses them. He's happy to, when they help him take care of Yashiro.

Still, he has no trouble pulling her up. It's almost funny how much shorter she is like this. Though Doumeki is used to short people, he's just not used to Konoha being this short. ]

I am tall for a human. You are below average height, like this.

[ Not trying to throw shade, he's just being honest. ]

[When you’re that tall, you’re always casting shade in one way or another... but she’s supposed to be the one doing that?]

So this is how human ladies see things...

[She thinks? She’s a bit taller than her mother, but- well, wait, she’s adopted, that had nothing to do with this...

But she marvels despite herself, staring up at Doumeki’s face a moment in fierce concentration before-]

It must be so hard to kiss...

[Priorities and no filter... but seriously??? Jinba men just had to tip downwards a bit or she could just half-rear but human men had to... bend their whole upper bodies??? And women had to stand up straight the whole time- what if they tipped their head back too far and toppled over?

... Well, she’s never seen that happen they must just get good at it naturally, but.]

[ Shhhh, it's fine. Doumeki hears her and nearly smiles. Those are good priorities, if you ask him... ]

I have to bend down. Sometimes I use my arms to cradle Yashiro-san, but he is tall so it is not a problem.

[ That's the nice thing about dating other men, at least. They tend to be taller than women. ]

Are you steady on your legs, or do you want me to continue holding you?

[See, okay... that makes sense. Yashiro-san was also tall... it worked out for them...

But then there’s definitely the moment when she realizes-]

Oh, no- If I don’t learn how to use my legs I can’t climb up to kiss Gonta- !

[Can she learn how to walk and rock climb in one day?

But at the idea of having to balance on her own she quickly shakes her head.]

N- no, don’t let go yet... please!

[She’ll definitely fall backwards with the weird way she’s angled her hips.]

How... how do you put your feet?

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You can use a stool.

[ A simple fix! They must have one somewhere... Doumeki keeps his hold on Konoha and and settles his stance carefully, to show her. They're pressed awful close, but Doumeki only has eyes for Yashiro so he literally does not notice or care. ]

Like this. Angle your feet outward. It is good to bend your knees -- you will be unable to brace if you lock them.

A stool... I'll try and get one!

[They... actually didn't have a stool, because. Well. Konoha is used to being seven feet tall and her husband is closer to nine, and that was without rearing onto their hind legs, so.

Who needs stools? But- Doumeki was being smart again! Great idea! Then she wouldn't need to literally climb Gonta.

And thankfully for Konoha's learning process, Doumeki isn't the only one with eyes only for a single person, and she doesn't seem to mind at all that they're technically almost tango-ing. Instead, she focuses on his feet, trying to copy his stance and sort of... bend her knees...]

Jinba are really good at locking joints... I shouldn't... ?

It is a worthwhile investment.

[ Time to ask Riou if he can make them a nice wooden stool... See, Doumeki's been tall since he was like 14, he knows all about the struggle of being tall and surrounded by short people.

They're basically family at this point (if you ask Doumeki) so this is totally fine. ]

You can. But it is not stable. It is much easier to fall if your knees are locked.

I definitely won't drink any of that dragon tea anymore, but I guess for the farmhands...

[And even if not for the farmhands... if it was for kissing Gonta, she would purchase just about any home furnishing or appliance!

Even if they weren't practically family at this point (if you asked Konoha), she knows way too much about Doumeki and Yashiro's sex life to even think this should be shameful. So she will just take advantage of his broad chest to sort of. Smush her face against him for balance while she lifts one foot after the other trying to flex and loosen up her legs. Once done, she straightens back up and tries a new stance, slightly more relaxed.]

O- Okay... How about this?

[ Doumeki nods. He's never heard of the dragon tea, but then he hasn't bought things beside the dusklight bracelet.

It's all good, Konoha. Doumeki's too gay to even consider doing anything untoward. So he just holds her while she tries to get her balance, steady and careful. ]

That's better. I will take a step back, but you can hold on to my hands if you need.

[ He steps carefully away, still holding onto her arms so that she doesn't fall on her face. ]

[Konoha might worry about untoward things being done to Yashiro sometimes (though... more like “worry about how not worried they are”) but the last thing she wants to do when she’s trying to navigate human legs is fret so-

Doumeki is perfect. And stool smart!

She definitely keeps a hold of his hand when he steps back but... after a few seconds of wobbling, straightening back up... she cautiously lets go, both arms held out for balance on either side as her face breaks out into a more triumphant expression than really belongs for something as simple as this.]

I did it- !

[ That's all good, they've worked that out. I can't believe Konoha is quickly becoming Doumeki's second-biggest fan... ]

Good job.

[ Doumeki nods, proud of her! Walking might still be a bit difficult if she doesn't know how to step though, so he stays closeby, just in case. ]

Do you feel stable?

[She might have managed to semi-decently stand, trying to remember exactly how it felt (did it feel natural? to this body anyway? she can’t tell-), but...]

No...

[How could anyone... well, humans are born like this, of course they did, but, how could anyone not born like this ever think this narrow up and down configuration made sense...

But she still grits her teeth to try, arms still held out as she takes a few careful, awkward steps back towards Doumeki.]

I bet- I bet I can learn faster than a human baby, though! Three days max! Not a year!

I can carry you, if you need.

[ Doumeki keeps his arms out, ready to catch her if needed. You won't faceplant on his watch, Konoha! Plus she's fully grown, so it should be easier for her to keep her balance... ]

For women, their center of gravity is in their hips. Once you are balanced there, it should help.

[She likes to think she doesn't need to be carried... look at her go, she's made it a few more steps even! But she tries to think about her hips, though at first that just makes them gyrate awkwardly like a bad dancer before she gets them back under control.]

If Doumeki carried me... I might actually be the right height again... !

[And that's a funny thought, admittedly.]

[ Doumeki nods. He knows judo thanks to his police training, so he's got some knowledge about balance and that kind of thing.

Balance is certainly one of those things you never notice once you get used to it. Poor Konoha is doing her best! ]

Do you want to try? I can place you on my shoulders.

[As a grown woman and a respectable(?!) wife, Konoha knows she shouldn't... But at the same time... she can't help but be curious, staring up at him. She'd seen it all the time at home, of course, people carrying their children on their backs or shoulders, and she'd been rather jealous as a filly, having long grown too heavy for her adopted father to carry while the human village children were still happily laughing along with their parents...

And so with only the briefest of hesitations... she snaps awkwardly back to a stand, holding up her arms shamelessly to assist in being picked up.]

Yes, please!

[She just wants to see what it's like! Better late than never!]

[ Propriety is nbd when you're close friends! They're family! Doumeki thinks nothing of it. ]

Please hold still.

[ Doumeki grabs her by the underarms, lifting her up with ease and turning her around before placing her up onto his shoulders, with her legs hanging down over his front. She's really very light, especially compared to how she is as a jinba. ]

Better?

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