Instead of responding to his uncle's question, Erik slowly undid his transformation while he continued to talk. "I'm sorry for the ruse, uncle. The fact is, I couldn't be sure if you were still the same person after all this time.
Tragedy changes a man, and I didn't know if I could still trust you. But after seeing you interact with your teammates and fighting you, I can see that, while you really need to do something about your anger towards humans, you're still the same man I once knew."
Erik chuckled. "It also didn't hurt that I really wanted to fight you. You see, I have changed far more than you in these past seven years."
As he watched Erik slowly turn into human form while hearing him say those words, Viljar's face twitched, receiving a heavy mental shock when he slowly started realizing who Erik was. Or at least pretended to be.
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