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Contact Dr. Sutcliffe here. She is one of the doctors who is on the app and has offered to help. Is this an emergency?

Thank you.

Yes, it is, but my mother refuses to see anyone outside of Retrospec.

If she is on the app, I can understand. Grell should be able to help your mother. What is going on, if I may ask?

She's on the app. Elda Marker.

Her eyes turned red, including the pupils. She seems to be unable to look at the sun. It causes her excruciating pain.

[Sun... pain? Red eyes? Oh, that didn't sound good at all.]

Keep her out of the sun then, obviously. Grell has specifically offered her services for this sort of thing. She's helped to identify changes that have happened to us in the past, though you might want to set up a nighttime appointment.

There is another doctor she's working with, Lucian Trevllyan or something similar. I have only spoken with him briefly. If you cannot get ahold of her, his inbox is here. They will be able to help you and make recommendations.

She's fine with sunglasses on. I'll schedule something whenever there's an appointment available.

I appreciate it. I'll take her to the ER if I can't get a hold of either of them.

At least it is only the visual, and not something like a skin condition on top of it. Perhaps she is picking up albinism? I am told that they have a lot of light sensitivity.

It could be anything like that, but we won't know until she agrees to see. A. Doctor. Retrospec or not.

It's what I've been telling her this whole time.

I know it's hard, but a lot of us have been pretty stubborn. These changes are frightening, and going to deal with them can be very jarring.

Has she shown any other signs?

[Because sunlight allergies were sort of ... specific to certain mythological problems.]

Stubborn, even if it poses a potential threat to your health?

Headaches. Otherwise, I don't think there's anything else. She can tell you if she sees this when she feels better.

It's good that she has you, because I've definitely seen that much stubbornness. And, alright. Hopefully it is just alibinism, or better yet something temporary.

It'd be dumb to let it go unchecked for much longer. I should've taken her to ER when I had the chance.

But I don't think they'd be able to explain how her pupils turned red.

She may not need to. People who are not on the app tend not to notice changes like this after a while. They might see it, but they might also think it is normal.

Of course you were always a werewolf. This is completely normal! Locking yourself in the basement on Tuesday? Cool, we'll see you Wednesday for potluck!

I'm not actually joking.

What.

We are chocobo. When something changes, people just stop noticing after a while. I have seen far more drastic changes before. There was a girl ranting about her ears becoming cat ears on the network a few weeks ago. I hear the worst she gets is "Cat Calls," not people saying "AH! Monster!"

They're all under the spell. We're the only ones who realize something is wrong. It also means they might not notice what is actually wrong, so only a doctor on the app is really qualified.

Alright. I understand.

I guess I can't fault her for wanting a specific doctor. I'll relay the message to her.

Yeah, it's weird, I know. Let me know if I can help, but they'll be more qualified.

Thank you.

I'll leave it up to my mother whether or not she wants to contact them. Having the information is a big help.

It's all you can do, really, short of bonking her on the head in the middle of the night and dragging her over your shoulder.

I wouldn't recommend that method, really.