[As she sits down beside him, he blinks, and has a sudden lightbulb moment.] Oh! So... You're kind of like a chameleon.
[Does she even know what those are? He's proud of himsef for thinking up that comparison, so he hastily elaborates,] It's a kind of lizard in my world. They can change the colour of their scales to camouflage themselves.
Yes, that's an apt comparison! It evolved as a defense mechanism, but we used it to help ourselves blend in on new worlds when we visited for diplomatic reasons.
[ She wonders, too, if her people used it to disappear. The survivors of Altea, blending into the background on every world they dispersed to until they disappeared altogether.
Allura gives herself a mental shake, unwilling to make this about her own problems when Akira is so clearly distressed. Closing her eyes to concentrate, she shifts again, but this time back to her normal shade and shape. The only difference is she's as large as Akira is. ]
It's a useful ability. But you're worried about your changes, aren't you?
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[As she sits down beside him, he blinks, and has a sudden lightbulb moment.] Oh! So... You're kind of like a chameleon.
[Does she even know what those are? He's proud of himsef for thinking up that comparison, so he hastily elaborates,] It's a kind of lizard in my world. They can change the colour of their scales to camouflage themselves.
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[ She wonders, too, if her people used it to disappear. The survivors of Altea, blending into the background on every world they dispersed to until they disappeared altogether.
Allura gives herself a mental shake, unwilling to make this about her own problems when Akira is so clearly distressed. Closing her eyes to concentrate, she shifts again, but this time back to her normal shade and shape. The only difference is she's as large as Akira is. ]
It's a useful ability. But you're worried about your changes, aren't you?