#andaleerman

Exsalor can’t stand it when they cry.  She trots up to them as calmly as can be and wraps her weak andalite arms around her beloved.  They sniffle and lean into her, but the sobs continue.  She doesn’t know what’s plaguing them, but she knows she can help.  They lean and hold and cry and shake, and she holds them, steadying them if at all possible.

<I dreamed we were together..>  They say eventually.

<We are together.>  Exsalor says, and holds MC closer.

<I was better.>  MC says, and Exsy isn’t sure what they mean.  

idk if i’ll ever finish these but here have some sketches of Exsalor and MC from chapters 5 and 6 of the Andaleerman Chronicles bc ANGST 

I think the first chapters are about adjusting to being a genetic abomination but an important part would also be everyone around her getting used to her being what she is as well?  There’d be a lot of confusion about what her body needs bc she’s part Andalite, part slug alien, and part human. 

The Andalites esp. would need some reminding that humans wear clothes to protect themselves from their environment, and that Yeerks need heat (if i’m remembering right, but i’m pretty sure their homeworld is like a tropical water/sludge planet??), and furthermore she’s been socialized as a human so she’s not used to runnin around butt naked (even if her butt is hidden by an enormous tail with weird flappy things).