The shape that rose in the center of the office was, at first glance, almost identical to the one from before.
It was a sphere of gelatin, the size of a large ball, with two small, round white eyes floating on its surface, and a small smiling mouth that slowly opened, like someone trying on a new piece of clothing for the first time.
But the color had changed, or rather, deepened. The crystalline blue from before now had the depth of a dark sapphire, with obsidian reflections moving beneath the surface, and the gold and white particles, which once resembled a starry sky, now formed constellations so sharp they looked like small galaxies slowly spinning inside him.
That was all. No new wings appeared, no horn formed on his forehead, no spikes showed up on his body. He was still just a sphere of dark gelatin, the same one Lisa had known for months.
But she felt her entire body freeze.
