Liam turned towards what sounded like a voice. Henry's voice.
"H-Henry?" Liam stammered, tears of joy coming to his eyes. He tried walking forward but–
Crack!
He heard whoever it was, run off.
"Wait!" Liam yelled, running after them. They were surprisingly fast, faster than anyone Liam had ever seen. He kept on chasing after the person despite his feet aching and his lungs feeling like they were on fire. The person was simply a green blur from how fast they ran and how quickly they turned.
The person abruptly stopped, and only then did Liam realize how tall this person was. Definitely not Henry.
A low, guttural growling came from the person, right before they turned around and snapped at Liam, narrowly missing his face.
Liam froze in place, paralyzed by fear. The person's eyes narrowed as they looked Liam over. A look of realization passes over them as they soften. They step back, just enough for their whole body to be in Liam's field of point of view.
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Despite the obvious changes, Liam just had a feeling this was Henry. The hair, eye shape, everything just in general all pointed to Henry. It would be stupid to think otherwise.
"Henry?" Liam said, having now recovered from the shock of nearly having his face bitten off.
When he opened his mouth, instead of words, chirping and chittering sounds came out.
"What?"
Even more chirping.
Liam just looked at Henry in confusion. First of all, he could understand the chirping and chittering noises Henry made. Second of all, Henry had changed so much, both physically and otherwise. It hurt Liam to know that Drew and him started this entire thing.
After a while of silence, Henry made some chittering noises that sounded similar to
