( the restraints aren't going anywhere. not until the heroes have decided she won't sink her teeth into anyone else, but the joke's on them. eda knows she can bite even when she's gotten back to normal and she still might make that known. for the sake of her suffering and emotional distress.

such as seeing hunter desperately trying to break her out of her shackles. she hates it. hates the expression on his face, the panic, and the near tears—

eda takes a breath. )

It's okay, it's okay.

( she begins to say, just about to explain that she agreed to it before his face falls into the fluff of her feathers. her body is warm and her feathers soft, but her shape is incredibly limiting. there is little she can do to return the gesture at the moment, aside from lowering her face down to rub her cheek against the top of his head. )

Are you trying to tell me to calm down, squirt?

( she tries to joke, but then immediately thinks better of it.

that's not going to help. not either of them. eda has been desperately trying to push her feelings down. down, down, down. just get through the next moment and then the next and then she could let herself feel her feelings. but there is always another moment in the way. )

I'm-

( she starts and then begins again. )

I'm scared. Scared for you. Scared for what's happening to me. I'm scared to be here.