Wiping away the last of her tears, determined not to cry anymore, she nodded her head slowly as Dis answered her question. That was true, and it was obvious, but she had thought better of Slash than that. He had kissed her when they first met, but he'd been apologetic and nice afterwards, so she'd trusted him. But Dis was right, and some people were just very good at pretending to be something they really weren't.
She was staring at the ground when Dis spoke, and she looked up and flicked her ears forward curiously. Trick? Glancing around quickly, she stepped backwards and away from Styx when Dis told her to give him some room, though she never took her eyes off the hummingbird. She had already figured out that he wasn't an ordinary hummingbird considering the numbing powder he'd put on her wounds, but what kind of trick could he do that required a lot of room--
Then it happened. Styx began to glow, and and Sunni watched in awe as the transformation took place, squinting against the light and blinking when she was left with sunspots dancing in her vision. But those sunspots certainly couldn't block out the beautiful creature that had replaced the little hummingbird, and Sunni stared at it with wide eyes. That was Styx? Wondrous creature or not, if Dis hadn't warned her or she had come across a creature like that on her own, she wouldn't be filled with nearly as much awe as she was now--she'd be more likely to take off running in the opposite direction. Large animals generally spooked her, especially carnivorous ones.
Right now, though, she could appreciate him and not worry about being eaten.
"He's gorgeous..." she breathed, fighting the sudden urge to reach out and stroke those feathers, an urge that was easy to fight because she wasn't that brave yet and she didn't know if it would be okay. But when Dis climbed onto Styx and held a hand out to her, she got her chance, anyway.
Exhaustion, stress, pain, and the hope of healing trumped any wariness she might have otherwise had when it came to riding a large winged creature that could eat her if it wanted to, and it also helped that she knew this was really Styx, the cute hummingbird. Offering Dis a small smile, she reached out and grasped his hand, trying to ignore the dull ache in her limbs as she moved, the sensation of raw skin grating against itself like sandpaper. Thankfully it had been dulled. Biting on her lip and trying not to wince, she used her grip on his hand as leverage to try and pull herself up, though her muscles felt watery and didn't want to cooperate.
"I know I won't," she answered, trusting Dis. "Thank you for helping me..."
