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He came nearer, and the female feared the worst would befall her friend. Knowing the excitable temperament of the female owl, she would undoubtedly get herself into some kind of trouble or make herself as irritable as possible. It would have been in his best interest to stand still... but to her surprise the nameless female was in a sense behaving when sat on top of the Nomad's back. Surprising, to say the least, earning a mirroring expression as the Lambda came closer. Mimicking the little one's behavior, the great male on her shoulder began again to pull and pluck at her manicured braids, nibbling a strand here and there to gain her diverted attention.
"After a while, you come to ignore it..." she rounded her shoulders indifferently, forcing the birds wings to unfurl to keep himself balanced. "So long as she isn't biting you, you're well off. " There were further implications that went with this odd bonding of wolf and bird, but seemed unfitting given the chance situation at hand. It had been a couple days since the two had spoken after the less than pleasant conditional reunion. And there was no need to fill it now with idle chatter when it could have been better used to reaffirm that in some minute way, they were still in good terms with each other. And in a round-about way, her little companion had seen to this happening.
"Do you remember when we were younger," she began thoughtfully. "The feathers that the Mareck would collect? The young ones like us would always complain it was too hard to get them because the wind would chase them away." With subtle emphasis, she raised her occupied shoulder to drawn attention to the large owl. "Suppose if they saw us now, they would be terrible upset. Had they just made a companion like this, they wouldn't have had to worry about chasing random feathers..."
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