extreme makeover

Sedna ran. She ran until her lungs burned. How was she supposed to explain this?

Her coat had darkened, from what she could tell. Silver eyes had deepened to a burning orange and red, glowing crystals had sprouted under her eyes and in the fur around her neck. Fiery patterns were burned into her flanks. She didn't look like herself at all, and everything hurt.

Thinking it better to try and explain, rather than cross the borders looking like a stranger, she pulled herself up short, a breathless howl of panic sent out for Seer. She was too anxious to sit and wait, so instead she paced, flattening the grass in her wake.

“Speech”