There is always that. There is an advantage to switching between forms. The geode magic doesn't really go wild from my emotions.

[She paused, considering.] Its a bit of a trade off.

I realized that I was taking more responsibility for things back home than I should have. It was really stark with Wall Flower. Should I have been kind to her? Sure. Everyone deserves kindness. But by the end, I felt that I was at fault because of my inaction. I wasn't cruel, I didn't abandon her, I just...didn't realize she needed someone to be kind.

Which is wrong and wasn't fair to myself. I was just so used to taking the blame for the things I had done wrong that I was starting to take blame that wasn't deserved. Wall Flower may have deserved kindness, but I hadn't deserved her ire, even if she hadn't had a magical object to steal memories. I was just...an easy target for her to spread misery too.

So I'm trying to be better at that.

On the other had, some days on the Aurora was really rough and I may now have a world ending snake god who personally hates my guts, so I'm gonna need to deal with that at some point.