Clark thought for a moment before looking back to Christine. "You said that you felt someone press something against your whole back, like against your spine?"
"Yes," Christine replied as she thought back and calmed herself as much as she could. "I felt that, then I started going numb as I watched my hand deflate. It was horrifying!"
"I can't imagine..." Clark responded as he starts walking back and forth. "Do you remember anything else about what happened to you..." He couldn't even image what he was about to say. "...When you became your costume?"
Relief spread through Christine's mind that Clark believed her. She took a slow breath to calm herself further as she thought. "I remember at the end, as I became this, that it felt like my back opened."
"Let me take a look." Clark said as he walked behind Christine as he quickly added, "Don't worry, I won't unzip you yet."
She stayed still as she felt Clark press his hands against the zipper. The sensation was so weird! The zipper was actually a part of her, not some costume she was wearing. In fact, as he touched her fur, she let out a low purr!
"Was that you!?" Clark said in surprise as he pulled his hand back.
Christine blushed as she said, "Sorry, when you were touching my fur it felt nice..."
Silence filled the room until Clark walked back in front of the leopard woman and looked back to her. "I want to have Ian take you off to free him from this. I want to then examine you once your, um, a costume again. If we can't figure out a way to fix you, I'll wear you periodically until we have a solution."
It was about all she could expect and she didn't want to keep Ian trapped either. She nodded as she lowers her head for Clark to take off. As she heard him stepping up to her, she said, "Thank you."