Back to this!

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…And there was Melissa, with a bloody forehead and a dazed expression, rolling down an alarmingly tilted roof. Getting hit in the head is bad luck for a mage, even when it’s something blunt. Particularly when you’re rolling in the direction of a very pissed-off monster.

I dove for Melissa, grabbed her, grabbed with my other hand because one wasn’t enough of a gripped, then realized I was out of hands and the slope was just a little too steep to keep me from sliding, too. I think I knew that subconsciously, too, because I was already doing the body switch thing, and damn the pain.

Oh, yeah, switching between my human skin and my real form can hurt like blazes, if you do it too quickly. It’s like the difference between pushing at a bowling ball with your foot, and kicking it. As in, it hurts exactly that much, so I don’t recommend it.

But it can be done.