Once in a Blue Moon

Unlike with her wolf form, Aurelia didn't have a hard time learning how to shift into her hybrid wolf-woman form. And for some reason, she wasn't any happier about it than she should be.

"What's with the long face? Aren't you glad that you managed to control your shifting in a short amount of time?" Calypso praised with a wide smile. "You succeeded in just the first few attempts. That's great!" 

She withheld a frown from forming on her face. He was right, but she truly felt a bit disappointed because she knew she wouldn't have any valid reason to disturb him more. [How come I learnt it so easily?] she grumbled to her wolf.

[You are one of the smartest people in the kingdom,] Aura casually remarked. [If you want, you can pretend that something went wrong again and stay in your hybrid form.]