A second shot -- Birch Glen

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Date Posted: 10:45:29 06/27/02 Thu
Author: Niira
Subject: A second shot

Niira walks somewhat despondently through the clearing, her mind drifting from topic to topic like a wayward feather on the breeze. She strokes her new little friend, the blind Tryphon, getting him accustomed to her touch, her presence, and her noises. As her steps take her forward, she gazes upwards at the trees as they glide smoothly from ash to birch, and she touches the bark of one tree to assure herself of a newly formed suspicion. "Why did I come back here?" She asks Tryphon, holding him up to eye level. "They're all bonded now, so why did I come back?" But as she speaks, her hearing picks up Cinead's last few words, something about wishes to bond. "It can't be...another litter?"

Making her way through the foliage tenderly, so not to disrupt too much, she parts a way, and before her eyes the story unfolds. The large, and now somewhat familiar, form of Cariad immediately swims into focus, followed by the swift and playful flashes of color that affirm her suspicion. "I can't believe this." She murmurs to the little raven Alie in her arms, her mind racing to deliberate. "Maybe, maybe I should try again. But..." Her fingers pause behind the ears of the Alie, and he quests his nose up, an inquiry as to why her ministrations had stopped. "What if I don't?" She asks herself, and at this point Tryphon nips a finger, as if to flood back her sense of herself. "So what? So what if I don't? I guess I might as well get out of these plants, right?" She asks no one in particular, taking the final few steps out into plain view.

Smiling bravely at Cariad and Jallya, she takes one more step closer, before giving a slight bow and looking up to gaze on the newest litter. "Greetings, again." She says with some humor. "If you don't remember me, my name is Niira, and I have come again to see this second litter." Her eyes roam across the young, contained forms of boundless energy, and she grins. "And I didn't bring a gift, to my despair. But I brought a playmate." She holds out the little Alie, and Tryphon raises his wings experimentally, his white eyes scanning the clearing uselessly. "This is Tryphon, and he is not food, contrary to looks." Her remark travels more to the scuffling Plenyt, before she turns back to the mother of the litter.

"Your effort and strenuous work is very much appreciated, and with all do respect, you two look like you could use a nice long rest." She says, smiling. "Oh, wait...maybe I do have something." Rummaging around in her waist satchel, her fingers close on the freshly made vine garland. She pulls it forth, the leaves fluttering in the small breeze. "More for the mothers, than the young, though I'm told it makes for good chewing. Very fresh and minty, rejuevinating." She adds pointedly to Cariad, laying the vines down and standing a little back.

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Replies:

... -- Jallya::Cariad, 21:33:53 06/28/02 Fri
- ~^~ -- Niira & Tryphon, 23:18:42 06/28/02 Fri
  - ... -- Bach, 20:21:53 06/30/02 Sun
    - ~^~ -- Niira & Tryphon, 00:18:18 07/01/02 Mon
      - ... -- Bach, 16:50:35 07/01/02 Mon
        ~^~ -- Niira & Tryphon, 20:02:13 07/01/02 Mon