"No, this isn't - I normally don't go walking around unless I look like this," she admits, gesturing to herself. But he still hasn't seen the real her.

She takes a breath, and in a blink, yellow eyes stare back at him as she lets go, normal skin rippling away to her blue form.

"And now you know why," she adds, resisting the urge that pulls at her, the urge to change, to cover up her true self.