Bituin suddenly shifted into her normal self when she concentrated on changing herself, which made her mother look at her with a startle.
“Y-you can transform?”
“It’s actually my first time. I’m just trying to see if it works, and it does!” She laughed almost hysterically, and her mother stared at her with amazement and relief.
They talked until it was dawn, catching up on everything. She also told her all her horrible experiences to her mother, not wanting to hide anything. Her mother wept for her, hearing those things from her. Who would have thought it could happen to her one and only beloved daughter?
They went to the kitchen so that she could be fed by her mother’s home-cooked meal. She missed it so much. She watched her mom cook for her while she was seated on the stool at the ki
