*You've been thinking of us as separate entities—Marabelle the human, Star the wolf. But we are one being with two aspects. The shift is merely a rebalancing of those aspects.*
She approached, moving with fluid grace until she stood directly before me. *Don't try to change. Try to reveal.*
I closed my eyes, contemplating her words. Reveal, not change. For so long, I'd thought of shifting as a transformation, something that happened to me rather than something I did. What if it was simply allowing Star's aspect to emerge from where it already existed within me?
I felt warmth spreading through my limbs, a tingling sensation that wasn't uncomfortable but unfamiliar after years of suppression. Instead of fighting it as I usually did, I welcomed it, invited it to grow.
*Yes,* Star encourage
