[Music recommendation: MICHAEL YANIS - Queen]
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Gavriel was equally stunned.
Bellarios could remain invisible to everyone unless he deliberately allowed himself to be seen. Yet this woman could not only see him, but had also heard him speak.
Taking a slow step back, Gavriel asked, "You can see him?"
Hera's eyes snapped back to his face. "Of course I can."
Observing his stunned expression, she asked. "Am I not supposed to?"
Gavriel was left speechless.
While Bellarios, completely forgetting his rivalry with Ceri, flapped his tiny wings and hovered directly in front of Hera. "Wow! You can really see me! That's a first!"
"Is it?" Hera asked.
"Yes! No one can see me unless I allow them to." He puffed out his tiny chest. "It's one of the many privileges of being exceptionally magnificent."
Hera's eyes sparkled. "That's amazing! I've never met a talking beast before."
"Well, I'm hardly an ordinary beast," Bellarios declared proudly. "I am-"
