Other books recommended simply bending space or manipulating time to make the arrow’s flight unpredictable, but for obvious reasons, that wasn’t quite doable for the current Jake. No, he would need to find another way… because there had to be a way.
The fight with the Prima continued, and finally, something happened that changed the situation. Jake jumped away from a beak spear as another suddenly flew for him. He managed to bend his body, but he was confused because the first peck hadn’t fully retracted yet.
Then a third came, but this one was too fast. Jake was pecked in the chest, sending him flying back with a hole through his right lung about the size of a fist. Jake just stared, as he had no idea what had just happened. How could it have two beaks at once? Three?
Despite his surpr
