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They had moved Baby Duck’s house a bit away from the den entrance, so that Noir could play with her pet in the mornings without disturbing the rest of the family. Noir Aston was still the morning bird in the family, and she spent her lonely hours playing outside with her still relatively new baby and Toefur, although the faded pink octopus plushie was slowly losing its magical powers in the eyes of the ageing child. She had spent the morning outside as usual, but as the day had bloomed, her energy had toned her game down a bit. The girl still enjoyed a nap every now and then, and while the Aston family had taken off, she had stayed in the den together with Claudius. She had not been much fun for her fragile brother, but gods knew the boy could need some break from Attila’s terror.
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The girl’s ears perked up when she heard movement from outside, and instantly believed that her family was back with dinner. All her siblings seemed to enjoy hunting, and came with Tayui more often to help catch food. She thought hunting made Attila cocky, especially since the golden girl rather disliked the act in itself. She did not have large issues eating the dead meat, because it was already dead, but she disliked the thought of taking a life, regardless of its place on the food chain. It just felt wrong to her. The blonde child stretched and yawned, ignoring Claudius as she went to the den exit, lazily poking her head up through the hole, only to be blinded by the bright sunlight.
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A few moments after the girl realized that the sounds had not been her family. It was the biggest thing she had ever seen, and had lots of hair. The girl choked the gasp that had been on its way, ducking down again instantly and running into the depths of the den. Then, panic struck her heart. Baby Duck was outside in its house, right next to the big monster like thing. A mewl escaped her. ”Claudius, there’s a monster outsiiide!” the girl whispered, voice high pitched, loudly announcing that she was on her way in becoming hysterical.
