s:Hey, uh, sorry(genuine). I have a sore throat so it's really hard to speak right now((intended) frustrated (actual)cool), can I just write this instead((intended) (ashamed) (actual) (please))? (normal english) I can switch to normal writing, if you've forgotten this code.

f:I do remember(glad) it, and I'm fine with writing instead. (reassuring) It's nice to talk again, it's been quite a bit. I'm glad you're accepting yourself a little more though (genuine).

O: what do you mean? (confused) (genuine)

F: You said it was cool that it was hard to speak right now. Are you finally shapeshifting again?

O: oh... I meant speak(frustrated). And why would I be? What's cool about barely being able to speak? What's so interesting about being a freak?

F: I(slightly hurt) think it was really awesome back when you did. I still remember those brief times where you'd let your wild(cool) side out. We did so much together(happy). I was friends with a shapeshifter(positive, emphasized.), not just a human(negative).

O: You were there, too, when I was bullied(hurt). When I had to keep trying and trying to look normal(positive) enough, to not go wild(negative) in public, to not shrink away as a little mouse(scared) or attack back as a dangerous bear!(anger) They almost pulled me from school! Why would you want anything to do with that?

F: You know, I've always been jealous (genuine) of you. The second you ran right up that tree, I wished I could, too(happy). I'd take the bullying. I wouldn't hide every little aspect of me, like you have. Those people who you're so fond of, those you're blending(hurt) in for, don't like the real you(worried). Why should you like them. Why should you lie so constantly, being something you're not, to fit in to those who don't even care(serious) about you. If they don't like you when you're a "freak"(positive), then they don't like you(serious).

O:Lying??? I'm not lying! I'm not a freak(negative emphasized), I'm not a monster(negative emphasized), I'm human. You're telling me to give up my friendships, my life(serious), to go back to being a thing(negative). For what, a childlike fantasy? For fleeting enjoyment? It's the real world. We can't always get what we want.

F: You are lying. From the little to the big, you're hiding(worried) who you are. I know you're not entirely human, even now. You'd have the same problem before, a mismatched tongue, too-sensitive ears, one way or another being not fully human. That's why you can't talk right now, isn't it? But you lied(full hurt), saying it was just a sore throat. I know you far more than you seem to want. I know this isn't you. That's why we drifted apart(sad). You kept lying to me, kept hiding the best parts of you(positive), till you weren't even the friend I knew. You know what you used to do? When the tongue of a crow or the ears of a bat snuck in? You became the full animal(cool)! You respected your own feelings enough to embrace(positive) who you were.

O: And this is why I drifted apart from you. Your stubborn, stupid insistence that you knew the truth. Did that jealousy you mentioned play a role? Did you stop to consider how it really felt to be me? Or did you just have those little fantasies, and project them onto me. I lied, but it's a small lie. Admitting that I'm that slight part animal is shameful(serious). You want to add onto my worries, making me start my outbursts again? I don't. I couldn't even talk to my "friend" without another lecture. You don't know me. Goodbye.

F: I can only do so much. I miss you, and I do not hate you. I hope, mainly for your own sake, that you'll see what you're doing to yourself. This is not you. It's what everyone told you to be.