Pearl

Alex was a little surprised when he saw the little cat move away from the core. But once he stopped telling the cat what to do, it immediately gravitated back towards the core.

Alex swiftly pulled the core towards him and kept it in his bag. Now that there was no aura from the core available, the cat started blinking its black eyes around, not knowing what to do.

"Meow," it meowed a little.

"Come here, little buddy," Alex said as he gestured the cat to come towards him with this hands.

"Meow," The cat meowed as it clumsily jumped towards Alex and started nudging his head on his knees.

"Where did you come from, buddy?" he asked, and started to think back on what had just happened. 'My arm,' he thought as he looked at his arms once more. 'It's gone. Did my scar heal, or…' he finally remembered what his master had said that day in the auction hall.