Collette yelped, a strangled sound that didn't make it entirely out of her throat as the tooth was torn out of her head, mostly crocodilian. She was human and panting and shocked on the cold roof, water falling on her bare back. She looked around, trying to track her assailant, but it was difficult between the lack of light and the rain and her own illness, regardless of the adrenaline in her system now.

When Nightcap ended up in her face, she jerked back, feeling the pain of her hair and wondering why she hadn't shaved it all off or something else ages ago. (Because she always wears her hair long, but that's the reality, and not an answer to a fevered, frightened mind.)

Collette smashed her forehead against Nightcap's face, unable to scramble backward, insistent instead on going forward. "Shut up! Leave me alone!"

It wasn't just a request. Vision swimming, head aching, she morphed again, this time the rippling effect of fur and jutting muzzle and four lanky, thinner legs than any she had as a human. As soon as she had functional hind legs, she launched herself after Nightcap. It wasn't just about escape, though she wanted, needed to get out of there. It was about driving off this creature causing so much pain, a single minded desire to hurt what was making her hurt until it stopped hurting. < Leave me alone! > she shouted in Thought Speak, trying to bite, to tear, to rend with nails and teeth.