Over time you'd figure out that everytime
you went through the
20 going to 21 cycle
in those final four months leadup your
bodies ability
to heal itself approached
supernatural levels.
Had the crazed German shot you in March 1918
you'd still have been
mortal
and a dead one at that.
However by April 1918 you were within 4 months of your
21rst birthday
and your body had changed and was
now invulnerable
to such things as
falls from great heights,bullet wounds,toxic gas
and disease.
It was changing to get you ready for that
big night when you turned
into the dragon
equivalent of a butterfly.
That something was different had
become clear when your canines began
growing and lengthening into
sharp pointy
fangs.
No sooner had those hollow cobra venom snake fangs come
into existence
that your insides of your mouth felt like it was
afire as your
cobra venom glands swelled
into existence.
You were a lamia
not the cartoonish one with
a snakes tail
but the real deal
a snake woman who was
invulnerable
and now could use her
venom to deal with
enemies
who might try to
prevent you
from reaching your
21 rst birthday.
So you ran and joined a freak show
in those final
months before the big day
was due to arrive.