Beautiful, strange, and not at all confusing
(happy furthday doctor-hopper)
We aren't in pain. That's welcome, if tangential to the point. We draw in Our breath. The air is scented green with growth; part of Us isn't used to such an acute sense of smell. Or such a long muzzle. Or the ears. Oh, the ears. Those are worth revisiting. Really? We should have guessed We'd want to touch the ears… now that they're Ours. They bounce and flollop in Our paws. Flollop? Yes. It's onomatopoeic.
We next notice Our feet. Much larger. Bare toes in the grass. Well, bare of shoes; they're certainly clothed in white fur. We flex them, leaf blades duelling plush white hairs and scoring little tickles; oh, that's new to part of Us. We have paw pads. Excellent. We stretch Our hands. Big. Fully grown, adult, and powerful; part of Us was still expecting to see smaller digits, smaller pads (beans, crows the other part of Us, We have beans). Our body feels impossibly strong, powerful, big; unashamedly here, all of Us, taking up more space than part of Us would ever have dared. The magic thrums through Us, at times tickling with delight, at times bursting, barely contained. Our magic feels like love. It feels like both of Us, who are not both at all, but only One.
The heavily filtered daylight warms Our fur. We're distracted for a time by the dappling of light and shade, the way the vines overhead sway to pick out individual hairs, gold on white. We are patient with Ourself and Our staring; being fluffy is new to part of Us. We're delighted at Our delight, at the wondering wandering of Our paws. At Our own plushness. Deep, soft… We take a step, and part of Us expects to move with the light feet of a warrior while part of Us expects to toddle along as normal, and all of Us is surprised that it feels like a dance. A leisurely, beautiful dance performed in perfect synchronicity, which is only logical, of course, because We are only One of Us, and when One is overjoyed, One may be permitted to dance a little.
Neither of Us is used to the tail. It seems expectations have played some role, here. In any case, it's short. Waggly. Feels much the same as the rest of Our coat. We decide We like it. We decide We like Us. We love Us. We love Us so much. We wrap Our sleeves around Our trunk in a hug that cannot hope to express even a slice of the joy We feel. The joy We are, just being. A bleat escapes Our lungs. It's much deeper than We're used to; it stirs the sun-drifting pollen, meanders along the high walls. That was loud! Yes; we should perhaps be more aware of Our surroundings. But. But that's really hard when We're busy becoming aware of Ourself. Just in case, We should start moving. We guess that was the plan. Part of Us feels nervous, but not as much any more. Because We are Us now. We're Us forever and nothing can ever separate Us again.
Our burden is light in our arms, barely there and not even barely relevant. We don't care to look at it. Purposeless, now, except as a statement. And even then, We Ourself are the bigger statement. The greatest of all. We are. We are. How could anything else matter compared to the are-ness of We? Well, it doesn't.
We breathe in stonebound air and breathe out love.
Then the veil is before Us, already. It's translucent now, no longer milky and misty. We feel its readiness to part before Us. This is it. It's worked. Nothing is in Our way. Very likely, nothing will ever get in Our way again.
Let Us go. Yes, let's go.