Susan's crying was interrupted by the feeling of a huge snake wrapping around her, causing her to shriek out a startled, "Oh my god, what the fuck?!?" and struggle and push it away so hard that they both fell off their respective sides of the bed, even though she knew on some level that it had to just be Mary playing with that damn shapeshifting talisman again. "Seriously," Susan shouted when Mary peeked her head up from the far side of the bed with scales still visible on her face as she melted back into human shape, "why the hell would you do something like that, especially now, after everything we've been through today?"

"It's just that you looked so sad," Mary said, seeming more confused by Susan's reaction than sorry for what she'd done to cause it, just like always, "and I wanted to help you be happier, and anacondas give the best hugs."