road to transformation

The tap to her back end bought a savage smile to her face, but she coughed again and stumbled, slowing, conceding defeat. Her breath came in ragged pants and she stumbled towards a nearby freshwater trickle that could probably count as a stream with a little bit of rain. For right now, the water was cool and fresh and flowing. She hacked in a very unladylike fashion for a few moments while she tried to catch her breath and lapped at the water enough to ease her aching throat.

Immediate threat of her cough continuing dispelled, the run having done her some good, her stance was much more relaxed when she raised her head again, chest still heaving as she fought to finish catching her breath, tail waving loosely at her back. She looked back to Gilgamesh with a smirk, "Well, you caught me..." she conceded, standing her ground defiantly, "Now what are you going to do with me?"

"speech"