My heart felt empty when I heard my father's words. But he was right.
What I didn't know, though, was that when Father looked at his grandson, he started to have conflicting feelings about the situation.
Regardless, I didn't have time to pay attention to any of this because I had to devote myself to winning this battle.
I knelt on the ground, stretched out my fingers, and propped my feet up on my toes. My neck split open first, then my face began to twist and change shape. After that, all the bones in my body felt like they were breaking and restructuring themselves as everything began to stretch and move.
It was too painful as my body trembled in response. 'But it was like this for everyone during their first transformation,' I told myself. I took deep breaths again and again to calm myself down.