My features started to blur and shift, as though my face had forgotten what shape it was supposed to hold. My skin ripples like water disturbed by a stone. Fingers lengthen or shorten. Cheekbones sharpen or soften. My hair gradually changed from black to golden-chestnut, with a lustrous, silky sheen. My voice sounded cracked and distorted, slipping between tones that are not quite my own. I could barely recognize it.And when I thought it was almost over, I lost control over my body.I began to shift through several painful, incomplete forms, a different face, and a different body shape; sometimes my body even went as far as mimicking the appearance of those I had recently crossed paths with. The king first, then Lee, Cassius, the queen, my maids, and everyone who had been a meter away from me these past few days.I had been terrified when I first changed to the king, but surprisingly, everyone in the room with me was not surprised by it. It was as though they had expected it.Each c
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