"I… I'm Bask. The S-rank Basilisk you… taught manners," the young man stammered at last, his tone trembling with both fear and awe toward Aaron. His predatory eyes lowered slightly, as though instinctively submitting before him.
Aaron studied him carefully. "What happened to your large body?"
"I woke up like this… in this form," Bask replied, voice still unsteady.
"Can you revert to your original form?" Aaron asked, his tone sharp yet calm.
"Yes… I can," Bask nodded, his long black hair falling over his shoulders as his body trembled. In the next instant, his form rippled and twisted. The frail human frame stretched, bones cracking, scales spreading until the massive body of the Basilisk filled the reinforced cage once more. The creature's presence was suffocating, its sheer size dwarfing the chamber.
