Weren't they just with Greta? Scratch that, weren't they just with Rush? Dreams, especially when you're pretty well aware of them, are insufferable.

No time for smoothing out the tangled continuities now, though. She can't see who that is harassing Greta but the harassment part is visibly obvious even from a distance. Aqil takes to the air from her shoulder with a menacing, snarling caw, and she takes the opportunity to run the rest of the distance it takes her to put herself between Greta and whoever the fuck is oh my god what.

"Rush?" she blurts before taking in the freaking komodo dragon, definitely not Rush, which is a damn relief because everything apart from the minor matter of his body and facial features is totally wrong.

Making a reasonably fast recovery, she snaps a hand up to seize him by his absurd collar, Aqil flapping down to buzz around the dragon's head.

"Is there a problem here?" she says icily.