The shift took place in a short period of time, but as it neared its completion Marric's form was already charging with energy. Unlike the healing energies and centering that the male side of him, the original side had received these seemed to enhance the body itself. The sensations were perhaps masked from the curious looks of the elf and the halfling, but they waited patiently to hear Marric's, or Maria's reply to them.<br/><br/>On that matter, the armband's markings began to shift swiftly, looking to be charging a great deal faster, it would likely be ready to return her to normal in a quarter of the time it had originally taken. There was a flaming sensation at fingertips from the flaming strikes, but also something else, a charge in the body.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">In a female form, Maria now has a +4 inherent ability bonus to her dexterity, or alternatively being able to split it to +2 to strength and +2 to dexterity, charging up the body with said energy, either to increase body's swiftness and response or to charge both that and the muscles strength.</div></div>