For a split second, Childermass almost panics. The shadow not bending to his will, it reminds him of the Count, but the Count can't possibly be here. No, it's Bezaliel. The bear was a creature of shadows, same as himself, and so he counteracts by giving it far more to bind than expected.

Small crow suddenly bursts into an absolute monster of a crow, a trick he'd been hoping to keep up his sleeve until later. With new size and strength, he'll try to rip himself back out of the bear's shadow and bowl him over while launching into the sky.