[And so: the painful legs, the difficulty walking and bending? Hakkai nods slowly, frowning. If she'd been able to re-do it, by now, he's sure she would have. She'd been tailless and in pain even as a child.]

I am a youkai myself.

[In a way. Not, unfortunately, the kind of way where he can offer her any advice on transformation magic; even if it weren't something that only a few members of certain clans can use, he's had no youkai training at all.

It's too bad, he thinks for the first time in a while, that Kurama isn't here anymore. Hakkai doesn't have that sort of expertise. What he does have --

The bruise salve had worked with unquestionably magical efficiency.]

... I'm currently occupying the role of a god of medicine. I might be able to do something about the side-effects from your tail. If you'd be interested?