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[It's a very kind gesture that will mean a lot to Dipper when he wakes back up. The truth is, by the time Stan has him scooped up, he's already asleep. He simply wasn't going to be able to keep going like this anyway. He only stirs a little bit as he's being settled down, but a funny thing happens once Stan has him tucked in all nice and safe.]

[That blue glow of his returns, soft like a sky just moments before the onset of dawn. His skin lights up with stars, like a tiny living planetarium, and when it finally fades, Dipper will be laying there with his entire glamour gone for the very first time. His little ears twitch as he curls up tighter under the blankets and sleeps fully, for the first time in a long time.]

[Dipper dreams, though. It's a weird, fuzzy sort of dream. He's had these before, where he thinks he's being told something, but whatever the signal is, it's just too far away. Knowing that he shares a psychic connection with his family, does mean that Dipper tries to reach out, and he thinks maybe he gets close. But whatever was trying to reach him (Mabel?? Mabel are you there? Mabel!), it's just too far away and he falls short.]

[He sleeps probably more than just a few hours. It'll be late afternoon before Stan hears Dipper shriek, signalling that he's finally noticed his lack of glamour.]

[Stan takes his own nap in his armchair, but honestly he half expected Dipper to wake him up in the middle of it. But no, he wakes up naturally on his own to a quiet house. At first he sleepily wonders if the kid took off after all, but he finds that if he really pays attention he can feel Dipper's presence. He's still in Ford's old room, still asleep.

He used to be able to feel Ford that way. It's...not a bad feeling, but it definitely stirs up mixed emotions in him.

Dipper collapsed on the floor though, so Stan's sure as hell not going to wake him up. He decides to fuss about in the gift shop while it's closed, restocking some celestial snow globes and personal-sized telescopes. Maybe he should've opened today after all. He could've made some kind of profit--

Then there's a child's shriek from back in the house, immediately proving him right. Stan comes running like the house is on fire and it isn't long before he throws open the door.]

Dipper? What's--

[Stan has had decades to adjust to what he looks like without glamour on, so it doesn't...immediately click what's wrong. Dipper seems to be having some kind of crisis, but this can't be that new for him, right?]

--Uh. You alright in here?

[Luckily its entirely Dipper seeing his tail for the first time and freaking out because it hella surprised him. Stan comes running up and Dipper has practically climbed up on one of the cabinets.]

Don't come in, don't-

[But Stan comes in anyway and now he is met with a spooked mini-changeling bristled up like a startled cat up on top of one of Ford's high cabinets.]

[Stan's already put a lot of his glamour back on, just in case someone stupid tried to drop by the Shack while he was stocking. Gold shimmer eyes look up at Dipper though, who has managed to get all the way up on a cabinet somehow?

Well. It wouldn't be the weirdest thing one of their kind has ever done.]

Pfft. Are you stuck up there?

[Because obviously that's the problem and not anything else here. He already saw Stan without his glamour, so surely he knows what it looks like on himself. Right?]

No!

[Pause.]

M-Maybe, but that's not the point!

[The cabinet wobbles a little and he scrabbles a little with his strange new feet to find his balance.]

I woke up and my everything was different!

[Stan tilts his head.]

...What? I already showed you what I look like under my human suit. Figured you'd know it's what you'd look like too.

[He genuinely hadn't thought this would be an issue! But apparently it is. He comes over and reaches up to Dipper.]

Need a hand down?

[If Dipper takes it and climbs down, it will happen slower than it should, in a flash of purple that allows him to fall softly, like a feather.]

Well- yeah, but that doesn't mean I was just expecting it to happen!

[But rather than answer if he needs a hand, he sighs and takes it. The slow descent catches him off guard but he's thankful for it as he finally touches the ground. Phew.]

[He dusts himself off and gives himself a slow once over. Like with his abilities, he doesn't feel like any of this is wrong, but, it sure is weird to suddenly have and get used to. His entire center of balance is different, even if he can figure it out almost instinctively. He bounces a little on the balls of his feet.]

I'm glad it waited until I wasn't anywhere public, at least.

Heh. Being an alien doesn't get you outta puberty.

[Boy does he know it. He's really good at his own glamour and always has been, but that doesn't mean there weren't times here and there where a tail would poke out or his fingertips would turn dark and clawed.]

It's not so bad once you're used to it. Plus nothing in the woods is gonna look twice at you for any of this while we're out looking for your sister. There's town, but...honestly they're all dumb as rocks.

That's so lame! That's exactly what being an alien and having powers should get me out of!

[Petulant pout that is hilariously punctuated by the way his tail bats back and forth. He grabs it after he notices and circles around himself like a cat.]

Thats- Ugh, get back here- good, I guess, until I can figure out how to make it go away. So, what, looking human is supposed to be some kind of alien camouflage or something?

Pretty much! From what we could figure out, younger kids camouflage easy up to a point? Y'know, basically long enough to keep them safe so they don't get themselves killed or eaten by animals or whatever. Then they start growing and changing and they gotta actually learn how to keep wearing their human suits on purpose.

[But once Dipper gets the hang of it, it shouldn't be too terrible. Then again, it's something Stan's always been good at. He does sort of remember Ford having a harder time with that part...]

Anyway the rain stopped a little while ago. Wanna go see if your sister's around anywhere?

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