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I had just finished chapter 6 or 7 when they brought up the mom going missing again. And I thought it was weird that she didn’t have any mention of leaving or such. Then I went back and reread the chapter where half-sis turns her into a cat initially and she talks about how mom wanted to take her back and how it “worked again” etc. And after rereading the first chapter, it hit me!
The half-sister turned her into the parakeet from the beginning! And once the parakeet was able to “say her mothers name” aka say her own name and learn to talk thus start to be able to tell people that the daughter is a sorceress and what she did. She kept it with her at all times!!!
Idk if that bird is dead now or not, but omg that’s 100% what she did!!