[Pleased that she can touch him, she wastes no time in moving closer, resting hr head on his knee. Free pillow! What more could she ask for?

She glances to him and then her tail, giving it a lazy wave.] Spoke to that man, the one who did all this. [Oona gestures to the various destruction] He is nice, I like him. We are...similar, think. So, we spoke. And we made a deal, so he gave me my scale back.

Ah, well. is not my scale, not original one. But, it works just like it. So, it is good enough. [Softer she adds] More than good, more than enough. It will be useless, of course, once water is gone. [Despite the forced flippancy in her tone, it clearly bothers her that this is the truth of the matter.] Will have to go to human form again. But, will still have scale. It will have to be enough...