"I'll turn you into a feather duster, you overgrown blueberry!"
Emory and I exchanged one last glance before bolting back toward the information room.
When we burst through the door, the scene before us was… suspiciously calm.
Nolan stood perfectly poised, mop in hand, his princely composure intact. Kai perched primly on a bookshelf, preening his feathers with an air of innocence.
Two smiling faces.
…And yet.
A single blue feather drifted lazily through the air.
On Nolan's forehead, a faint red mark—distinctly beak-shaped—slowly darkened.
I stared.
Did they… fight?
My exhausted brain scrambled to reconstruct events:
- Kai witnessed Nolan using his charm ability on Emory.
- The bird, probably immune to Nolan's ability (since they are both related to the moon), decided to defend his friend. And after we left, he sought out revenge on the villain.
- Nolan, realizing his powers didn't work on Kai, tried to eliminate the evidence.
That's… actually plausible.
And...
