"Report," Elias whispered, his voice cracking from hours of silence.

He clicked the final glass eye into place. For a second, nothing happened. Then, with a soft whirr , the bird’s head spun a full three hundred and sixty degrees. Its eyes glowed a faint, electric blue.

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