<em>Okay, I think I need some time to reflect on this. Time to cheat.</em><br/><br/>He curled up around Cerulean, and then looked into her eyes, his own flashing as he applied a tiny bit of magical power, knocking her out. She collapsed on top of him, and he carefully craddled her unconscious form, before returning to his human body. He carried her to his room, and gently lay her down on the bed, before heading to his laboratory, and sitting at one of the tables. He grabbed a beaker, and idly filled it with a potion he created out of thin air, before he realized what he was doing. Setting the potion of invisibility down, he cast his mind into the future, looking to see what would become of Cerulean if he kept her as she was, if he 'nudged' her back toward independence, and what would happen if he 'died'/left her.