Laina watched Takuma as he walked over beside her. She thought about saying something as he reached for one of her tails but still trying to tell herself they weren’t real she kept her mouth shut. Despite her mind trying to tell her it was all an illusion her body could feel when Takuma lifted one of her tails into his hand. When he began to stroke the tail in his hands a tingle shot up her spine and she had to bite her lip to keep from gasping. The feeling was strange but also pleasurable. Frightened by the evidence of the impossible event affecting her she managed to stammer out “plea… please stop that.” When the young man asked her for her name she tentatively held out her hand and said “Laina…. Laina Sinclaire.” She added as almost an afterthought “I still don’t see how any of this can possibly be real.”