Elyk stared in astonishment. He had never seen anything like that before. He stared for a few minutes, then he realized he was staring so he quickly averted his gaze. Well, he thought, I guess I'll just have to watch where I step from now on. He stowed his book in his bag. Suddenly a question popped into his mind. "Can you change into anything?" Elyk asked, putting emphasis on the word 'anything'.