“It is if you have access to braille,” Eric countered, as he rose from the seat.. “And I’d like to keep reading, while I have time for it. Though… I wonder. I think I’ll talk to Wave about it, whenever she and her husband aren’t busy playing newlyweds. Her transformative powers might be able to give me a horn, possibly even without making Tom dangerously jealous. It’s worth at least asking.”

Twilight nodded. "That is actually an excellent idea. You should try that first. You've already been exposed to her and her, um, what kind of magic was she using anyway? I'll need to study that, later. For now, you're free to go!"

“Thanks. I think it’s some kind of divine, goddess powered magic? Her temple guardian status apparently came with a few perks, like being able to go hundreds of years without pooping. Or dying,” Eric said, as he started to make his way back toward the rooms. “She started transforming Tom without really thinking about it, but her goddess did a big chunk personally, like the gills.”

Twilight shook her head with some obvious doubt. "If she's as old as she claims to be, maybe she is using the magic and just forgot she could do it, like the flying? The whole 'god' thing is just her coping mechanism for dealing with it all. A mental trick! We don't have 'gods', after all."

“I suspect it’s more akin to the shadow of the north, only less evil and more… water themed? She’d probably smite me for likening her to that thing, and I’m sure there’s a bunch of very relevant differences, but well… I’ve seen Wave’s goddess possess her before. Don’t ask her to show you, it sucks for her, seriously. But I’m convinced her goddess is a real thing that actually exists,” Eric explained. “Though in our culture the word ‘god’ can have a pretty big range of meanings.”

Twilight shrugged softly. "I learned my lesson long ago to not come between ponies and their beliefs, even if I personally don't agree with them. If she's comfortable with her 'god', then what a fine 'god it is. All hail and all that." She waved a hoof dismissively. "As for you, you should focus on talking with her, not the 'god'."

“Agreed… her goddess has kind of a ‘fae’ vibe that I’d rather not mess with. The shadow put me less on edge,” Eric said with a laugh. “Anyways, thanks for your time, Twilight. I’m going to go hunt down the rest of my family now, and see a mare about a horn.”

A lollipop hovered out of her bag and moved to pop right into Eric's mouth without a pause. "You were a terrific test subject. We really should schedule another session." And, just like that, he was dismissed.

Eric flailed a bit, taking the lollipop out of his mouth with alarm. “Ack! Sugar! My one true weakness! You’re worse than my old coworkers… everyone always trying to poison the diabetic...”

Twilight looked confused a moment, "Diabetic?"

“It means my body doesn’t process sugar well,” he said as he sucked on the lollipop. “If I have too much it can make me irritable, light-headed, even pass out. There’s less obvious problems too, over time or if I let it get too far out of control. I’m not as bad as some, but I need to watch what I eat. Especially since it’s all still so damn tempting. Ponies don’t have diabetes, huh? Lucky…”

Twilight shook her head. "Not a disease I'm immediately aware of. If you feel ill, please report to Ponyville General Hospital. They're very nice and professional, even if you aren't the usual species. I would suggest you get an engraving of some sort that explains your condition to them, if it can hinder your speech."

“Good thinking, though for now I’ll just go have some jerky. Protein helps stabilize me. Anyways, see you later, Princess,” Eric waved before heading back to his room. He spent a moment enjoying his last piece of beef jerky before heading back to the hallway to listen and see if it was obvious whether his friends were intimately engaged at the moment.

Back upstairs, Wave snuggled in close to Tom and peeked over him towards the door as if suspecting it could fly open at any time, but it remained closed. "I'm glad we have a moment to ourselves, but I'm not sure this tower even knows what being alone means."

Tom rolled his eyes, hugging her tightly to his chest as the soft fabric of the bed pressed against his back. “Yeah, I’m getting that impression. First Fast Change, then Twilight… we’ll be here for a few days, if you really wanted to we could try to find somewhere else to stay? I’m sure she’d understand, with a bit of explaining… okay, maybe a lot of explaining,” he amended with a chuckle, running his hand through her mane.

She rubbed her nose into his cheek before floating away from him. Her snout quickly found a corner of the blanket that would cover the bed, and soon served as a partition instead. The bed couldn't be seen from the door, and the bed couldn't see the door. "And here we are. And they say I'm only good at guarding things." She landed beside Tom and held out a hoof towards him. "Shall we?"

“Very innovative… it should stop anyone but Twilight, I’d imagine, but thanks to Eric we won’t be having to worry about her for awhile,” he remarked, taking her offered hoof with a hand, smiling. “Enjoy being able to float around now, though? I am thankful for that, although I’m still more than willing to carry you around anytime you want.”

She pulled at his hand to draw herself in and came in for a complete landing. "It's so easy to do, now that I know what I'm doing. I don't feel… crippled about it anymore, and yes, I do enjoy that." Sle pointed at his fingers. "You'd need some time to adjust if your hands stopped being hands, I bet, and if you got your hands back, you'd be really happy too."

Humming, Tom wriggled his fingers before nodding. “Very true, but I don’t think I’d feel crippled over it? I’m not really sure, but I am willing to change more, now. Speaking of, earlier before Twilight popped in, the building tingle, magic? I’m not sure what exactly it was, but it went into me. Do you have any idea what that was?” he enquired, laying back down and running a hand around where the fur became scales, getting the feel of both on one hand at the same time.

She smiled shyly. "Not exactly, I admit, but you don't feel nearly as itchy as you did before. You're almost not, I think? It's really hard to explain, but that's what we both get for working for the gods instead of ourselves." She raised her free hoof into the air. "All hail and such, but I still don't understand them, never did."

“I don’t think gods and goddesses were ever meant to be understood. It adds to the mystique of it all, gives them that much more power, I would imagine. I’d never really given it much thought before my own personal experience with one, honestly.” Leaning in, he gently kissed her, taking both of her hooves in his hands.

As she learned how to love, she also learned how to fear in little steps, but she had bravery enough to reach for one of his hands and guide it brashly towards where one would expect such petals, but it was discretely hidden under her smooth scales. Without being led to it, one could go without ever finding it for some time. "Cadance said you'd want to find this." Well, there went the idea of not ratting out Cadance. "Do you?"

Tom blushed heavily, only thinking about it for a few moments before nodding. “I, Wave. You’re gorgeous, and while I’m inexperienced at this whole husband bit, I want to learn to love you more. That is one way a couple does so, physically,” he managed to keep his voice level, cheeks heating up. Gently, he brushed his fingers over her, his other hand gently gripping her hoof. “I know you seem to have forgotten about sex, but, if you’d like to, we can take it slow and get you reaquianted with it?” he offered, nervousness showing.

Wave pressed his hand towards herself. "I've been thinking about this. If I wasn't sure I wanted to do it, we wouldn't be right here, right now, right this way." She fluttered her lashes lightly at him. "I want to be alive again. I want to eat. I want to love. I want to be loved. That means learning some things over again, but, with you, I think I'm ready for that." She hadn't reacted very strongly, biologically, to the play yet, but not much had occurred beyond pointing it out and the mere contact.

Smiling, Tom gently rolled over with Wave in his hold, leaning over him as he gently kissed her again, wrapping his free arm tightly around her chest. When he broke their kiss, he nodded. “I love you, Wave, you adorable, sexy siren,” he softly spoke, removing that ill fitting shirt Cadance and Shining had provided. His hand softly started to rub her, getting a feel for her sex as well as to try and recall the best way to go about things. Tom was no virgin, but it had been quite some years for him, even if nowhere near as long as Wave.

She was slow to warm, but she began to stir under the exploration of her human. She watched him intently as he worked, silent at first, but a little coo escaped from her and her hips rose of their own volition before she reached a hoof. She tried to explore him in the same place, to see what she could do in return. "It it… Is it right?" If one ignored the fact that much of the area was that of a fish, she was perfectly shaped.

Tom nodded, quite ready himself, but doing his best to try and get Wave used to the physical feelings of it before moving forward any further. “It’s just fine, Wave, it’s just like it should be, I do believe,” he remarked, kissing her nose. “And your coo was very cute~” he lightly teased her, working off his shorts as he kept his hand moving, letting a finger tease her entrance, slipping dangerously close to sliding inside.

Her teeth clenched, going firm as her body shivered with forgotten pleasures. Her hoof gently pressed and explored as he made himself available to her questing. She opened her mouth and eyes wide as she began to feel that male bit of her lover and rubbed slowly along the firming flesh with the smooth edge of her hoof. "You're very hard." She blushed a little. Her statement was truth, but she still felt silly. "What… What do you do with it? Tell me, and don't be embarrassed."

Blushing a bit and laughing at the slight absurdity of the truly honest question, he kissed her nose once more. “It’s hard because I like you that much,” he started, grinning just a bit. “Really, it’s a dick, Wave, and blood makes it grow like this when we’re aroused. Which is what you are, from the lovely sounds you were making. As for what I do with it,” he paused, getting up and gently grabbing her hoof. “It goes inside of you, Wave.” Tom shifted around, gently pressing at her entrance.

Her blue fleshed turned a bit purple as the concept of anything being put inside of her sank in. "W-what? You're… You're serious." She gently brushed past that hard shaft to find his balls. Her first touch was a little rough before she turned her hoof and the sensitive flesh that lined the bottom seemed to grip and explore as she smiled. "We'll try that, slowly. Maybe not today. Today, we introduce ourselves to each other, like we should have done days ago." She looked down at his probing finger as she murmurs in pleasure. "Whatever you're doing, more…"

Tom winced at that rough treatment, moving a hand down before she got more gentle, letting it rest on her hip, or where her hips would be at, as he kept himself propped on his knees. “Okay, Wave,” Tom replied, not letting any disappointment show in his words as he continued to probe around with a finger, his other hand softly massaging her hips now. “A week ago, I’d think myself crazy to be in this spot,” he muttered humorously.

She purred at his gentle exploring before she pulled her hooves to his shoulders together and began to knead into his flesh as she gazed into his eyes. "A week ago, I would have been alone and bored. Now I'm… I'm loved, and I am learning what love is all over again. I'm an adult, but I feel like a little filly with this new joy filling me." She leaned in to lick over his nose. "It's all your fault." Next Chapter: 33 - We'll Never Work Out Estimated time remaining: 49 Minutes