A longer sigh, as the droplets ran down the blunted snout. 'I'm gonna fix it. Somehow. I don't know how, but...but I'll work on it until I do.'

'Optimistic, aren't you?' The dour fish scowled. But the anger was less apparent, this time.

'I don't know what else to be.' She smiled weakly. 'But I'm still here. And we'll still have each other, right?'

'Right.' The response was flat. But the glower had settled, at least a little. She pulled him into her as the tail elongated another foot - another two, three, four feet - pulling him further into her as the second loop came around. The faintest line of pink rippled over his cheeks. If all else failed, being anything he wanted was a sure bet, at least.

(More cyberpunk story, much later after some disaster befalls the two! Art is by jakkal, Keys belongs to Lunarkeys. This was a hatchday present for him for this year, be sure to fave his original upload!