The lustrous fountain of flow, decked with the millenary aged opal of healing and restoration. Discovered by feline sires of pseudoscience and elixir. Contact with the gem was forbidden, and the temporary loss of a body part was the lenient consequence.
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The princess growled as her human maid pulled a knot from her hair. The maid pulled her bodice tight, and she sighed before covering her face with her hair.
"Pardon me, My lady" once the human was given permission to leave, she scurried away. The cat girl could no longer see herself in the mirror before her, and she was aware she had a council meeting to attend.