Somehow she'd been fortunate enough to avoid any of the more problematic side effects related to this nonsense. The cold had been bad enough, if only because she was already in the process of trying to figure out why they were stuck here. And also why her bayard wasn't working the way it should. Adding a cold to that mix was just asking for trouble.

In fact, she'd been on the way to the baths when she spotted Shiro coming out into the hallway. But he was facing the other way, and before she could call out to him, he just sort of changed... into a smaller version of the Black Lion?

And proceeded to roar at her. Alright.

"...Shiro?!"