[Seasonal Event] The morning after

Remi's large amber eyes slowly opened, blinking away sleep and taking stock of his surroundings. Slowly the night before filtered back into his mind: finding Isla in the snow, hearing of her ascension...the bite and all that came after. Closing his eyes again and sighing inwardly, he scrunched them closed one more time before opening them to see— —a tawny feline form next to him. Raising his maned head, the lion looked down to discover that rather than the blonde he'd fallen asleep with, there now lay curled a decided un-human form. A lioness. More surprised than he should have been—Sam was able to replicate his magic after drinking after all—Remi merely stared down at the tawny feline, before raising one of his large paws and batting it playfully towards Isla's nose. REMI It's not a silly little moment, it's not the storm before the calm This is the deep and dyin' breath of this love we've been workin' on