"I know I look like that, but I don't feel like it," Elizabeth said,

The girl looked her over.

"...well, like this, it's actually kind of a cute look, anyway," she said.  "Better than the tail I've got."

"Thanks, your tail looks good," Elizabeth said.

"...you think so?" she said, dubiously.  "It's strong, but not really cute."

"Sure, but you are powerful," Elizabeth said.

"I guess so?" she said.  "...I'm working on control, too.  See?"

She demonstrated by wrapping her tail around Elizabeth's legs.  It was a very strong grip, but applied gently.

"That is impressive," Elizabeth said.

"Thanks," she said.  Abruptly she pulled Elizabeth closer.

"Uh...hi," Elizabeth said, unsure of what to do now.

"...So you seriously don't have powers here," she said.  "And you aren't even fighting... wow. Okay."

She released Elizabeth.

"I really don't want to fight you," Elizabeth said. "It wouldn't help anything."

"Yeah, but you weren't even trying to get away," she said.  "Didn't see that coming.  So... yeah.  Uh, my name is Dakota.  What's yours?"

"Elizabeth," Elizabeth said. "Have you been in contact with the other ones? I only know about one other."

"No, can't say that I have," she said.  "There are others?"

"There's a girl at school with wings that I didn't get the name of," Elizabeth said.

"I haven't seen her," said Dakota.  "Have you noticed that people are kinda bad about noticing these changes?"

"Yeah, I don't understand it," Elizabeth said. "It's not exactly subtle."

"...makes me wonder if I'm missing even more of them," said Dakota.  "I never spotted the winged girl at all."

"I don't know, that's all I've seen," Elizabeth said.

"Well, keep your eyes open, I guess," said Dakota.  "The next one might be even less reasonable."

"Do you know how many get reborn?" Elizabeth asked.

"No idea," said Dakota.  "Might be a bunch."

"Yeah. So,  um, thanks for listening," Elizabeth said.

"Sure," said Dakota.  "...I guess I'll see you around."

"I'll see you tomorrow," Elizabeth said, before heading home.