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The lizard jumped again at his yelling, her tail giving a few sweeps across the ground quickly and her dewlap extending. She stared up at him for a moment in startled shock before biting the inside of her lip and stepping aside to give him room to leave.

She said nothing, her head hanging.

Shenzi was sitting near the edge of the cliffs, staring over the edge and out, far across the water, her eyes hunting for any sort of movement out on the water, though she knew it was pointless looking. Even with the improved sight from the damned changes, she didn't see anything. Letting out a sigh, she drew her knees up to her chest, wrapping her arms around them.

She was really missing her parents, especially after she had talked to Emelyn. She'd been asking how she was dealing with the island, and that had brought on a wave of homesickness, which had driven her to walk along the beach, staring at the horizon line. And then she had seen the cliffs. Figuring what the hell, the teenager had awkwardly made her way to them, her feet not having quite enough purchase on the rocky ground. So, here she was, sitting on the warm grass, her tail curled around her ankles, in a plain white tank top and dark green short-shorts.

Shenzi looked over her shoulder as she heard someone else's footsteps, or rather, some thing's. They weren't the even two-beat steps of a human, but that wasn't likely to happen on this island. Turning her head, she frowned when she saw a giant lizard, with a mop of hair on top. Carefully, slowly standing up, she watched it cautiously. It could very well be wild, but from what she'd seen in the past few weeks, it could also have been a person.

"He-Hello..." She said loudly, feeling stupid for talking to a giant reptile, but better then kicking her heels up and running away screaming.

Shenzi carefully squatted down, having to wave her arms for a moment till she got herself balanced. Her tail hung in the air behind her, helping keep her from falling over. The lizard spoke. It, no, she, definately spoke. And with a bit of a french accent, too.

"Umm...." She scratched her head, not quite sure what to say to a woman who was turned into a giant talking iguana. "Uhh, I'm Shenzi." She said awkwardly, giving her a hesitant smile.

Shenzi shrugged in response to the question, shifting so she was simply sitting on the ground. Better then trying to keep from falling over every few seconds. "I'm fine, just trying not to topple over with this damned tail..." She said, giving the offending body part a withering look. It was ******** creepy, every time she looked at it. This... Thing, just covered in bare skin.

Shenzi gave the woman a sympathetic look. She didn't really want to say 'Yeah, I can see plain enough,' but it wasn't something you just denied, since it was just a little bit hard to miss.

"So... You come here often?" Shenzi asked while mentally smacking herself. Absolute dumbest thing to say, but there wasn't exactly much to talk about.

"I can understand why it'd be difficult." She said, not without sympathy, as she looked at Joli's claws. "But nah, first time I've been up here. Was wandering around and saw the cliffs..." Shenzi said, trailing off with a shrug.