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To say that she was taken aback when the crow replied would have been an understatement. The mere fact that he understood high-speech, let alone was able to speak it, well... it was not something she would expect. Furthermore, the crow seemed to be intelligent enough to formulate a reply, rather than shout out curses and screech simple words at her. She would have to record this meeting when she returned to Jaded Shadows. Tayui frowned as the creature spoke once more, finding his words though distinguishable, were spoken with a strange lilt to them. Indeed, the pronunciations reminded her greatly of low-speech in the way he made the sounds. Of course, it could not be expected that a mammal with a beak could pronounce their words the way wolves might, either.
She nodded in reply, delayed as it was. She watched as the crow shifted, moving into the light. Now that she took the time to examine him, he was extremely large for a crow, almost twice the size of Bandit. She did not think it were possible for the two of them to be and have been the same specie, but she did not know what death might do to one. Of course, the creatures that came to pick at the corpses of a felled animal after a hunt often varied in size, from tiny flies to birds and huge birds she believed were similar to vultures.
The bird spoke for a third time, this instance with more conviction than expected. Again, Tayui was surprised by what he said, and the very fact that he said it at all. Apparently she had another follower, or someone who knew her by name at least. "I's a pleasure to meet you, Scree. How might you know who I am?" Tayui replied in the canine tongue, choosing to use words that were more easily accessible to her than flounder with ones she was not yet entirely comfortable with. Although she was puzzled over the entire incident, perhaps the creature would prove to be kinder than Bandit was, and provide her with some answers now that she had so many questions.
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