That she preens at imaginary nits in the bristle under Silas’ chin may erode at this assertion; the beady glitter of her eyes and busy flirt of her feathers sends all the signals the human mind is wired to expect of life. She is a strange bird, but a bird, and upon cursory inspection nothing more mystical or terrible.
“But she is physiologically delicate.” So don’t put her away into a pocket and sit on her. He breaks eye contact after that unspoken warning.
The offered finger he lifts sees her springing to it from his collar. From there, it’s for him to offer her out, even as she skips across his knuckles like a flipped coin.
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That she preens at imaginary nits in the bristle under Silas’ chin may erode at this assertion; the beady glitter of her eyes and busy flirt of her feathers sends all the signals the human mind is wired to expect of life. She is a strange bird, but a bird, and upon cursory inspection nothing more mystical or terrible.
“But she is physiologically delicate.” So don’t put her away into a pocket and sit on her. He breaks eye contact after that unspoken warning.
The offered finger he lifts sees her springing to it from his collar. From there, it’s for him to offer her out, even as she skips across his knuckles like a flipped coin.