"Why is it so ugly?" Arabel couldn't resist asking. She also wanted to see in reality what she had read about in children's fairy tales.: how the ugly duckling turned into a beautiful white swan.
But no matter how much she looked at the bird, it seemed to her that it had become even less attractive than before.
Idan didn't know what to say.
The bird was constantly tilting its head from side to side, but its eyes were fixed on Idan's.
Looking into it eyes, Idan felt a strange connection between them. Not like with Ned and the others he had a contract with. And more deeply, as if they were blood relatives.
Feeling the bird's hunger through this connection, he created a small flame in his hands.
When the bird saw the flame, it looked away from it and stared at it as if mesmerized. Then, opening it beak, it swallowed the flame.
Idan and Arabel smiled at this strange sight.
But then something terrible happened.
