Chapter 778

Still Lily’s perspective.

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Lily felt Kat’s existence pressing into her mind and a visceral part of her wanted to simply cast the demon out. Kat’s skill was clearly based on entering the target seamlessly and undetected, something that couldn’t occur when Lily was very aware, both of Kat’s use of the skill and of what would happen afterwards. The fact that she was awake at all was causing issues. Kat’s guess was correct in that it wasn’t meant to be used on anything other than sleeping targets. Even without proper access to mana, Lily knew it would be easy to force Kat from her mind at that moment.

Of course, that was very much not what anyone wanted. Lily tried to relax, and allow Kat’s presence to sink into her mind. The problem with that was, while Lily could relax easily around Kat, she was also always aware of the demon in question before her transformation, and before the link. With all the recent events, Lily was more aware of Kat, and her feelings, then ever before. So even when she tried to relax, her mind never actually left Kat, and the fact Kat was in her mind meant it never gave Kat a proper blank spot to use.

Lily was starting to feel some pressure behind her eyes as Kat’s skill failed to properly take hold. The situation wasn’t something it was truly designed for and it was struggling. Either Kat should have succeeded or been ejecting at this point and the in-between state she was currently in was causing problems. Lily couldn’t even properly feel Kat through their link. It was all scrambled.

*Wait...*

When Lily properly focused on that feeling, the sensation of their link almost tying itself into nots Lily pressed into that feeling, angling her thoughts towards the link and trying to make it broader, more encompassing. She felt only a slight bit of increased pressure, this time under her horns, before it vanished and things almost seemed to snap into place. Lily felt the building pressure vanish, and her mind could actually here the clicks as things settled into place.

.....

Suddenly, Lily felt like she could see EVERYTHING even if her vision hadn’t changed so much. Her mind was looking at two split images. In one vision, she was looking at the cellar, while in another she was looking at Kat, standing around in a copy of her bedroom, and very confused. What Lily couldn’t see, was that her eyes had started to glow somewhat and the presence of Kat in her mind was giving her a limited version of Kat’s True Sight.

“What the... why am I back home...?” said the Kat inside her head. *You aren’t actually home, just inside my head. Though... it seems like my default for ‘home’ or ‘comfortable place’ is your bedroom. Man, that’s embarrassing. I have no idea what I’d be doing if I hadn’t admitted my feelings.*

“Wait... so” [what] “happens” [if I] “do this” said Kat alternating the way she spoke.

Lily could already feel the headache that caused though and said as much, *Ok Kat. Just... no. Please pick one or the other. I don’t really care which one but mixing them is awful on this end.*

“Sorry...” said Kat, with an exaggerated bow.

*It’s fine.* Lily shook her head and hopped over to Apep. She didn’t really want to be carried by him when Kat was so close at hand, but needs must. Apep seemed to flounder a bit when she leapt at him but the boy managed to catch her before she slid too far down his chest. “Um... did it work?” asked Apep

Before Lily could even nod though he continued, “Oh right um... you can’t exactly talk like that can you... and I mean... the fact you’re moving is a good sign right? Right still can’t talk um... do I like... if someone asks do I like give you a pet name or something or still call you Lily? Wait why am I asking? She can’t respond,”

Lily mentally groaned as Apep continued to ramble. She was about ready to claw the fool for wasting there time but he was at least heading somewhere, presumably towards the exit so she let him be. Kat on the other hand was taking her time to look around the room, trying to ferret out any interesting notes. One of the first things she did realise was that the doll version of herself Thyme made was about twice the size it should be, and was currently tucked into bed.

Kat smiled at that and gave her doll self a pat on her head as she made the rounds. The next thing she noticed was that there were a few books lying around. Glancing at them, the covers had rather specific titles, leaving no guesses as to their contents. Books like ‘the first time I met Kat’ or ‘When Kat stood up to me’ or ‘that first time Kat ended up in a locker’ and things of that nature. Kat was tempted to look into the books, but was afraid of messing things up too much. Perhaps using one would send her into the memory and this was not the time to be testing such things.

Eventually, Kat took a glance in ‘her’ closet and smiled wildly at what she found. It would be a very good treat for Lily. Smirking, Kat carefully snuck into the closet, hoping Lily was distracted and shut the door.

On Lily’s end of things, she was not all that comfortable. First off. Apep didn’t know how to hold a cat. Secondly, he was not careful with her wings at all. One of his hands was constantly pulling her wing down every step he took. It was annoying and certainly not comfortable. The next issue was her horns. Instead of holding her slightly forward or in the crook of his arm. She was pressed against his chest and needed to keep her head angled away lest she stab the fool as he walked. Things only got worse when he started climbing the ladder.

“Hey Lily!” said Kat, taking Lily’s attention back to the second scene her mind was showing her. It is worth noting that Lily’s view of the room was based on where the door should be. Something Kat was clearly aware of, as when Lily turned her full attention to the seen she immediately found herself in a compromising position.

In the real-world Lily hissed, but it was mostly just to vent the swirling emotions barrelling through her. Apparently, what Lily wasn’t aware of, was that the room was based on her own subconscious desires. This meant that ‘Kat’s’ closet wasn’t filled with her real clothes, but instead clothes that Lily wanted to see her wearing. She was getting a very good example of this right now.

Kat had managed to slip into a proper bunny outfit in shockingly good time. The back was completely open, swooping down to just below Kat’s tail, barely hiding the start of Kat’s rear from view to accommodate her wings. If that wasn’t enough, the front looked like it was painted on, started right around Kat’s chest, framing it wonderfully. Kat had a pair of bunny ears on as well, that looked a little odd sharing space with Kat’s horns but still quite nice. The fluffy tail was missing, but Kat had her own so that was fine.

What was really causing issues though were the tights Kat had slipped on for her legs. Kat was wearing two layers of stockings. Something Lily didn’t consciously realise she needed in her life. The bottom layer was a standard pair of stockings that stopped at Kat’s thigh, digging into it ever so slightly and leaving a nice bit of skin between that and her top. What really made Lily look though, was on top of that was a set of fishnet stockings that continued all the way up to her outfit and beyond and made Lily’s mouth water slightly from the sight.

It was an odd combination of the two, and Lily wasn’t necessarily sure it improved the final product but having it on certainly drew her eyes. The awful handling Apep was treating her to seemed much less relevant as Kat started to walk around the room, not in heels though. Apparently those were still off the table even in Lily’s mind. It was these motions that made it more than clear Kat could tell where Lily was watching from.

Kat walked around carefully, always making sure to keep something tantalising in Lily’s view but normally only one thing at a time. Perhaps she’d turn to the front and push up her chest, or pretend to loose her balance and let her back stick all the way out. Perhaps she’d just walk carefully, using her toes to stretch the material on her stocking as far as it could go.

*Kat. Stop trying to give me lewd thoughts.*

[I’m already in your head Lily. It’s too late. These are your thoughts now]